List of apes

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This is a list of apes of encyclopedic interest. It includes individual non-human apes (Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orangutans and Gibbons) who are in some way famous or notable.

Note: This list does not include Monkeys, which are related to apes, nor fictional apes (see Related Topics), nor humans (who are considered apes by modern biologists, but are listed separately).

1 Ape Actors
2 Ape Artists
3 Scientific Apes
4 Zoo Apes
5 Ape Politicians
6 Other Apes
7 See also

[edit] Ape Actors

Çarli — Chimp. Starred in the live-action movie The Jungle Book (1994) and in the Turkish television series Çarli before retiring to Monkey World, Dorset, UK.
Cheeta — chimp; played himself in the Hollywood Tarzan films of the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in the 1967 movie Doctor Dolittle, starring Rex Harrison. As of 2005, Cheeta, born 1932, is in his 70s and the oldest primate aside from man ever recorded. (In the original novels and the 1970s animated series, Tarzan’s sidekick was a monkey named Nikima)
C.J. (or Manis; sources differ) — orangutan; played Clyde in the Clint Eastwood comedy-adventure films Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Clair — chimp; played Livingston in the movie Delicatessen (1991)
Evie — chimp who played robot dog Daggit in the original 1979 Battlestar Galactica television series
J. Fred Muggs — chimp "co-host" with Dave Garroway on NBC's Today show in the 1950s
Mowgli — a chimp guest on CNBC's Dennis Miller Live and on Monk
Peggy — chimp; played Bonzo in the 1951 movie comedy Bedtime for Bonzo, co-starring Ronald Reagan. Sequel, Bonzo Goes to College
'Project X' ape actors - This 1987 film, a science fiction suspense-drama about military animal experimentation, directed by Jonathan Kapaln, starred Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, and a multitude of ape actors:
- Arthur — chimp; played Winston
- Clafu — chimp; played Spike
- Harry — chimp; played Ginger
- Karanja — chimp; played Goliath
- Lucy — chimp; played Razzberry
- Luke — chimp; played Bluebeard
- Lulu — chimp; played Ethel
- Mousie — chimp; played New Recruit
- Okko — chimp; played Goofy
- Willie — chimp; played Virgil (film's animal star)
Sam — orangutan; played Dunston in the 1996 movie comedy Dunston Checks In; trained by Larry Madrid
Zippie — chimp; rollerskater (U.S. television in the 1950s)
Kwanza (aka Kwan)- gorilla, played "Sidney" in movie, "Return To Me" with Minnie Driver & David Ducovney. Kwan currently lives at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

Ape actors also appear in the movies Going Ape! ( 1981), Ed (1996), MVP: Most Valuable Primate(2000), and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back(2001).

[edit] Ape Artists

Congo — chimpanzee, abstract impressionist of the late 1950s.
Koko
Michael

[edit] Scientific Apes

Ai — chimpanzee studied by scientists at Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Chantek — Orangutan involved with language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
Clint — chimpanzee, source of DNA for Chimpanzee Genome Project
Donald — chimpanzee, source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
Enos the Chimp — another spacefaring chimp, after Ham
Frodo — baby-killing "bully" chimp who has attacked Jane Goodall and Gary Larson
Gon — chimpanzee, source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
Ham the Chimp — spacefaring chimp
Kanzi — bonobo involved with language research and tool invention; ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
Koko — gorilla involved with sign language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
Lucy — chimpanzee famous for her use of a vacuum cleaner for personal satisfaction
Nim Chimpsky — (named after linguist Noam Chomsky)
Nyota — Bonobo
Oliver the chimp — the so-called "Missing Link"
Panzee and Panbanisha — chimpanzee and bonobo at the same research center as Kanzi
Sultan — chimpanzee
Washoe — the hand-signing chimp

[edit] Zoo Apes

Jambo — Former resident of Jersey Zoo who cared for a boy who fell into his enclosure.
Binti Jua — gorilla who saved a human boy
Colo — first gorilla born in captivity
Floquet de Neu or Copito de Nieve ("Snowflake"), only albino gorilla known to exist; most famous resident of the Parc Zoològic de Barcelona
Max — gorilla in the Johannesburg Zoo who famously apprehended a criminal, getting shot in the process.
Willie B. — gorilla, kept in isolation for decades, became head of a troop and father of five

[edit] Ape Politicians

Macaco Tião -- a chimpanzee who had the habit of throwing excrement at visitors (including several politicians) to the Rio de Janeiro Zoo. A satirical newspaper ran his candidature for Rio de Janeiro Mayor in 1988, and he got 9.5% of the votes, just behind Marcello Alencar and César Maia.