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]
- Binx – (white-headed capuchin) appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, George of the Jungle, and Bruce Almighty.
- Govi – (capuchin) played Sophocles in the 1993–1994 sitcom Monkey Please, Sophocles! that aired in Azerbaijan as a satire of the political climate in the country at the time.[1]
- Finster – (brown capuchin) played Harvey Keitel's pet thief, Dodger, in the 1994 film Monkey Trouble.
- 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.
- Boo – (brown capuchin) played Ella in the 1988 movie Monkey Shines.
- Katie – (white-headed capuchin) one of two monkeys to play Marcel, Ross Geller's pet monkey in season 1 of the 1994-2004 sitcom Friends.[2] Appeared in Sam & Cat, 30 Rock, and The Loop (American TV series).
- Jack Cruz – (capuchin) played as Jack in the 2017 black-and-white short film What Did Jack Do? written and directed by David Lynch.
Monkeys used in experiments[edit]
- 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.[3]
- Albert I – (rhesus monkey) 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 monkey) the first primate and first mammal in space, June 14, 1949. Died upon hitting the ground due to a parachute failure
- ANDi – (rhesus monkey) the first genetic modified rhesus monkey, 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.
- 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.[4]
- Miss Sam – (rhesus macaque) sent into space under the Little Joe program in 1960.[5]
- 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.[6]
- Tetra – a rhesus macaque at the Oregon National Primate Research Center who was the first cloned primate, created through splitting.[7]
Other[edit]
- Corporal Jackie, a baboon of the South African army
- Darwin, a Japanese macaque who earned notoriety as the "Ikea Monkey"
- 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.
- 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.
- Jocko Flocko, unofficial 'codriver' for Tim Flock who was in the car when he won a race at Hickory Motor Speedway in 1953. He 'retired' two weeks later at Raleigh Speedway after being struck by a pebble and attacking Flock.
- Jack, known as Jack the Signalman [1].[8] This baboon was reputed to have become an expert at working the railroad signals for the Cape Government Railway.
- Loon, 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.
- 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.
- Twelves (December 12, 2012 – March 20, 2018) was a pet monkey of Brazilian singer Latino.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bugg, James (2011). "No Business Like Monkey Show Business". York Vision. Retrieved December 18, 2011 – via Shaka.
- ^ Kusiak, Lindsay (2022). "'Friends': Is Marcel the Monkey Still Alive?". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ Florida Today article about Miss Able and Miss Baker[dead link]
- ^ Tenbroeck, Craig. "Hotshot monkeys* in science - CNN.com". cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.