List of individual monkeys

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This article is about notable monkeys. For lists of monkey species, see list of Old World monkey species and list of New World monkey species.

This annotated list of individual monkeys includes monkeys who are in some way famous or notable. The list does not include notable apes, or fictional primates.

Monkey actors[]

Monkeys used in experiments[]

Miss Baker, with her Certificate of Merit from the ASPCA.
  • Able - (rhesus macaque) and Baker - (peruvian squirrel monkey), both female, the first monkeys sent into space to survive the experience. They were launched on 28 May 1959 in the nose cone of a Jupiter AM-18 missile as a test of NASA's launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and procedures for retrieving astronauts after splashdown. Miss Able died a few months after the mission, but Miss Baker lived another 25 years.[2]
  • Albert II - (rhesus monkey) the first primate in space, June 14, 1949. Died upon hitting the ground due to a parachute failure
  • Britches - (stump-tailed macaque) removed from his mother at birth, Britches was left alone with his eyes sewn shut as part of a study into blindness. He was rescued by the Animal Liberation Front, which publicized the condition he was found in, and the experiment was shut down.
  • Gordo (also known as "Old Reliable") - (squirrel monkey) He was launched in the US Jupiter AM-13 Rocket in 1958, but was lost after a technical failure at the end of the mission.
  • Hellion - (capuchin) trained by Mary Joan Willard to assist disabled people, was the first trainee to be placed. In 1979, Hellion started assisting a quadriplegic, Robert Foster, with chores and general assistance.[3]
  • Miss Sam - (rhesus macaque) sent into space under the Little Joe program in 1960.[4]
  • Semos - a nine-year-old male rhesus macaque at the Oregon National Primate Research Center who supplied the skin cells from which scientists were able to successfully derive embryonic stem cells.[5]
  • Tetra - a rhesus macaque at the Oregon National Primate Research Center who was the first cloned primate, created through splitting.[6]

Other[]

  • Jacco Macacco, was a fighting ape or monkey who was exhibited in monkey-baiting matches at the Westminster Pit in London in the early 1820s.
  • Ramu, arrested and kept behind bars in India for 5 years on the charge of disturbing communal harmony. At the age of three, while under the care of a family, Ramu attacked some children. This sparked communal riots in the Jagannathpur village, ultimately leading to Ramu's arrest.
Jack the Signalman
  • Jack, known as Jack the Signalman [1].[7] This baboon was reputed to have become an expert at working the railroad signals for the Cape Government Railway.
  • Fred, euthanized in March 2011. Fred had a reputation for stealing food anywhere he could, but when he turned too aggressive, he was caught and controversially euthanized.

See also[]

  • List of fictional monkeys
  • List of apes

References[]

  1. ^ Bugg, James (2011). "No Business Like Monkey Show Business". York Vision. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Florida Today article about Miss Able and Miss Baker
  3. ^ Tenbroeck, Craig. "Hotshot monkeys* in science - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  4. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  5. ^ Cyranoski, David (2007-11-14). "Cloned monkey stem cells produced". Nature News. doi:10.1038/news.2007.245.
  6. ^ White-house, David (14 January 2000). "Scientists 'clone' monkey". BBC News.
  7. ^ "Stranger Than Fiction: Jack the Signalman". www.knoxvilledailysun.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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