List of Individual Apes - Zoo Apes

Zoo Apes

• Ah Meng (circa 18 June 1960 — 8 February 2008) was a female Sumatran orangutan and a tourism icon of Singapore.
• Bushman, a famous gorilla from Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, died in 1951, but brought in over 100 million visitors; his remains can now be seen at Chicago's Field Museum.
• Bill (1946–2007), a long-lived chimpanzee, resided at Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, California for over 50 years.
• Binti Jua, a gorilla, saved a boy in 1996.
• Bobo (1951–1968), a western lowland gorilla, lived in the Lowman family home in Anacortes, Washington from his infancy until 1953, and then Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle until his death.
• Bokito (born 1996), a silverback gorilla, escaped from the Blijdorp Zoo on May 18, 2007 and injured a woman.
• Charles (born 1972), a wild-born silverback western lowland gorilla, resides at the Toronto Zoo and since 1974 has been renowned for his artwork.
• Charlie the Chimp (1958–2010), a chimpanzee in a South African Zoo, was taught to smoke and was able to walk upright.
• Colo (born 1956) was the first gorilla born in captivity.
• Copito de Nieve or "Snowflake" (1964–2003) was the only albino gorilla known to have existed, and was the most famous resident of the Barcelona Zoo.
• Fifi, the matriarch of the chimpanzees at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, died on July 19, 2007 at age 60.
• Guy the Gorilla (1946–1978) was a famous gorilla in London Zoo.
• Jabari, a 300-lb gorilla at the Dallas Zoo, received national attention when, on Mar. 18, 2004, he escaped and attacked four people, including a toddler during a 40-minute rampage inside the jungle exhibit before being shot to death by police. He was the son of Charles the Gorilla.
• Jambo (1961–1992), a gorilla, cared for a boy who fell into his enclosure.
• Jenny (1953–2008), a western lowland gorilla, lived at the Dallas Zoo from 1957 until her death, and was the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of her death.
• Jumoke (1989—2008) — western lowland gorilla and the granddaughter of Colo
• Ken Allen (1971–2000) — Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo known for his escape artistry
• Massa (1930–1984) — silverback, the second-longest-lived gorilla ever recorded, and longest-lived male in captivity, died at age 54
• Max (1971–2004) — gorilla in the Johannesburg Zoo, famously apprehended a criminal in 1997, getting shot twice in the process
• Samson (1949-1981) — for many years the face of the Milwaukee County Zoo, one of the largest silverback gorillas on record, weighing 652 lbs in 1973
• Santino, a male chimpanzee at Furuvik zoo in Sweden, was notable for having the cognitive skills for forward planning (calmly collecting stones, and later throwing them at visitors).
• Sebastian — former resident of the animal orphanage near Nairobi National Park, Kenya, famous for smoking and not requiring a cage
• Temara (born 1993), the first zoo-reared female Sumatran orangutan, was released into Bukit Tigapuluh National Park by Perth Zoo in 2006.
• Willie B. (1959–2000), a silverback gorilla kept in isolation for 27 years, became head of a troop and father of five.
• Yeroen, a chimpanzee at the Arnhem Zoo, was the star of de Waal's "Chimpanzee Politics".