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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
[edit]- Crystal – (brown capuchin) played in The Hangover Part II, Night at the Museum, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and as "Annie's Boobs" in Community.
Monkeys used in experiments
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- Miss Able (rhesus macaque) and Miss Baker (Peruvian squirrel monkey), both female – the first monkeys sent into space who survived 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 days after the mission, but Miss Baker lived another 25 years.[1]
- Albert I – (rhesus macaque) the first primate and first mammal launched on a rocket (a June 18, 1948 V-2 flight), although it did not reach space.
- Albert II – (rhesus macaque) the first primate and first mammal in space, June 14, 1949. Died upon hitting the ground due to a parachute failure
- ANDi – (rhesus macaque) the first genetic modified rhesus macaque, born at the Oregon Health & Science University
- 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.
- Miss Sam – (rhesus macaque) sent into space on Little Joe 1B under the Little Joe program on January 21, 1960.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Tetra – a rhesus macaque at the Oregon National Primate Research Center who was the first cloned primate, created through splitting.[4]
Other
[edit]- Corporal Jackie, a chacma baboon of the South African army
- Darwin, a Japanese macaque who earned notoriety as the "Ikea Monkey"
- Fred, a chacma baboon 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.
- 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.
- Jack, known as Jack the Signalman .[5] This chacma baboon was reputed to have become an expert at working the railroad signals for the Cape Government Railway.
- Loon, a drill who lived at the San Diego Zoo and was trained to accept blood draws and insulin injections to treat his diabetes.
- Maggie the Monkey, a crab-eating macaque who predicted the results of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- Natasha (monkey), a Celebes crested macaque near at the safari park zoo in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Pockets Warhol, a capuchin monkey also housed at Story Book Farm
- Punch-kun, an orphaned Japanese macaque who lives at the Ichikawa City Zoo. In 2026, he gained viral attention on social media due to his attachment to a stuffed orangutan toy.[6]
- Ramu, a rhesus macaque 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.
- Twelves (December 12, 2012 – March 20, 2018), a robust capuchin who was a pet monkey of Brazilian singer Latino.[7]
- Xing Xing, a wild one-armed Tibetan macaque who resides in the Daliang Mountains of China, where she had gained iconicity from social media appearances.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Florida Today article about Miss Able and Miss Baker
- ↑ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ↑ Cyranoski, David (2007-11-14). "Cloned monkey stem cells produced". Nature News. doi:10.1038/news.2007.245.
- ↑ White-house, David (14 January 2000). "Scientists 'clone' monkey". BBC News.
- ↑ "Stranger Than Fiction: Jack the Signalman". knoxvilledailysun.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "Punch the monkey, initially an outcast, finds some friends (and the internet's support)". NBC News. 2026-02-20. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
- ↑ "Latino é criticado por foto com macaco de estimação fumando". VEJA (in Portuguese). 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ↑ Mwangi, Teresia (9 October 2023). "What is the Xing Xing monkey species and where is she today?". Tuko News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.