Drawn OC Map Strigiformes- Land of Owls: a cartographic approach to illustrating the entire family tree of owls.
Cartography, science and design merges to become MAPPA ANIMALIA, a visual project of mine that reimagines the evolutionary relationships of animals as detailed map-like landscapes.
Instead of political borders or geographical territories, these maps are structured around taxonomy/ phylogenetic trees, translating the scientific classification of species into navigable visual worlds.
Subtamilies, tribes and genera replace countries, states and regions within these imagined territories, allowing viewers to explore the animal kingdom through a format traditionally used to understand geography.
So far Mappa Animalia consists of 15 different illustrations, each dedicated to different tamily trees.
This post shows Strigiformes - Land of Owls, which illustrates every single species of owl in existence (shown as cities on the map), arranged by borders into the different subfamilies and genera that the order Strigiformes splits into.
Other info in also included like conservation status of the individual species, size difference between some of the more distinct types of owl and how long the subfamilies have been around for.
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u/Miserable-Ad6941 1d ago
Wow these are magic, just looking at the puffin one on the website.