List of individual monkeys

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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

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Monkeys used in experiments

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Miss Baker, with her Certificate of Merit from the ASPCA
  • 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 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.
  • Tetra – a rhesus macaque at the Oregon National Primate Research Center who was the first cloned primate, created through splitting.[2]

Other

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Jack the Signalman
  • Jack, known as Jack the Signalman [1].[3] 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.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Florida Today article about Miss Able and Miss Baker[dead link]
  2. ^ White-house, David (14 January 2000). "Scientists 'clone' monkey". BBC News.
  3. ^ "Stranger Than Fiction: Jack the Signalman". knoxvilledailysun.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  4. ^ "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.

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