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
Scientific Apes
- Ai - studied by scientists at Kyoto University
- 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
- Gon - 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
- Willie B. - gorilla, kept in isolation for decades, became head of a troop and father of five
Other Apes
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