List of apes - Definition and Overview

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

Note: This list does not include Monkeys, which are not apes, nor fictional apes (see Related Topics).

Primate Actors

• Cheeta - chimp
• Evie - chimp who played robot dog Daggit on Battlestar Galactica
• J. Fred Muggs - chimp co-host NBC's Today Show
• Manis - orangutan
• Mogley - chimp guest on CNBC's "Dennis Miller Live"

Scientific Apes

• Ai - studied by scientists at Kyoto University
• Clint - chimpanzee, source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
• Donald the chimp - chimpanzee, source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
• Enos the Chimp - another spacefaring chimp, after Ham
• Gon the chimp - chimpanzee, source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
• Ham the Chimp - spacefaring chimp
• Kanzi - bonobo involved with language research and tool invention.
• Koko - gorilla involved with sign language research
• Nim Chimpsky - (named after linguist Noam Chomsky)
• Nyota - Bonobo
• Oliver the chimp - the so-called "Missing Link"
• Panzee and Panbanisha - bonobos at the same research center as Kanzi
• Sultan - chimpanzee
• Washoe - the hand-signing chimp

Zoo Apes

• 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

Other Apes

• Bubbles the Chimp - pet of entertainer Michael Jackson

Related Topics

• List of fictional apes (and some other primates)
• List of historical monkeys
• List of historical animals