List of Individual Apes - Scientific Apes

Scientific Apes

  • Abang (born 1966) - orangutan, taught to use and make a stone tool (cutting flake)
  • Ai (born 1976) — chimpanzee, studied by scientists at Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
  • Bonnie — orangutan, began whistling (mimicking an animal caretaker), which is changing ideas about primate sound repertoires
  • Chantek (born 1977) — orangutan, involved with language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
  • Clint — chimpanzee, source of DNA for Chimpanzee Genome Project, Yerkes Primate Center
  • Donald — chimp, source of DNA for chimpanzee genome project
  • Enos (died 1962) — chimpanzee, spacefaring, after Ham
  • Frodo — chimpanzee, baby-eating "bully", attacked Jane Goodall and Gary Larson
  • Gon — chimpanzee, source of DNA for chimpanzee genome project
  • Gua — chimpanzee; raised as a child by the Drs. Kellogg alongside their son Donald
  • Ham the Chimp (1956–1983) — chimpanzee; spacefaring, before Enos
  • Kanzi (born 1980) — bonobo, involved with language research and tool invention, ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
  • Koko (born 1971) — gorilla, involved with sign language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
  • Lana — chimpanzee, reared at Yerkes National Primate Research Center as part of its language analogue project
  • Lucy — chimpanzee, cross-fostered and raised by University of Oklahoma psychotherapist
  • Nim Chimpsky (1973–2000) — chimpanzee, named after linguist Noam Chomsky
  • Nyota (born 1998) — bonobo, Panbanisha's son
  • Oliver the chimp — chimpanzee, the so-called "Missing Link", apparent "humanzee"
  • Panzee and Panbanisha — chimpanzee and bonobo at the same research center as Kanzi
  • Sarah (chimpanzee) — research primate whose cognitive skills are documented in The Mind of an Ape
  • Sultan — chimpanzee, used in classic Kohler tool-use studies
  • Titus (1974-2009) — gorilla, an extensively observed silverback mountain gorilla
  • Washoe (1965–2007) — chimpanzee, pioneer ape of hand-signing research

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