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- Monkey actors
- Monkeys used in experiments
- Zoo monkeys
- Other
- See also
- References
{{about|notable monkeys|lists of monkey species|list of Old World monkey species|and|list of New World monkey species}}{{refimprove|date=June 2012}}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- Binks - (capuchin) Played Betsy in the 1995 movie Outbreak. Also appeared in George of the Jungle and Pet Detective.
- 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]
- Katie - (white-headed capuchin) Played Marcel in Friends and Los Angeles Angels' mascot Rally Monkey.
- Finster - Played Harvey Keitel's pet thief, Dodger, in the movie Monkey Trouble.
- Crystal - Played in The Hangover Part II, Night at the Museum and as "Annie's Boobs" in Community.
- Boo - (capuchin) Played Ella in the 1988 movie Monkey Shines.
Monkeys used in experiments- 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]
- Britches - 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") - 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 embryo splitting.[6]
Zoo monkeys Other - 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 Muslim family, Ramu attacked some children. This sparked communal riots in the Jagannathpur village, ultimately leading to Ramu's arrest.
- Jack, known as Jack the Signalman [https://archive.is/20120803180545/http://www.earthfoot.org/lit_zone/signalmn.htm].[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. ^{{cite journal |last1=Bugg |first1=James |year=2011 |title=No Business Like Monkey Show Business |journal=York Vision |url=http://www.yorkvision.co.uk/features/no-business-like-monkey-show-business/ |accessdate=December 18, 2011 }} 2. ^Florida Today article about Miss Able and Miss Baker 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/11/26/famous.monkeys/|title=Hotshot monkeys* in science - CNN.com|last=Tenbroeck|first=By Craig|website=www.cnn.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-27}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=LILJOE-1B|title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov|access-date=2017-01-27}} 5. ^{{Cite journal|last=Cyranoski|first=David|date=2007-11-14|title=Cloned monkey stem cells produced|url=http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071114/full/news.2007.245.html|journal=Nature News|language=en|doi=10.1038/news.2007.245}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=White-house|first=David|title=Scientists 'clone' monkey|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/602027.stm|newspaper=BBC News|date=14 January 2000}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2012/august/jack-the-signalman.html|title=Stranger Than Fiction: Jack the Signalman|website=www.knoxvilledailysun.com|access-date=2018-09-26}}
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