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Imo

Imo was a female Japanese macaque living on the island of Kōjima, Japan, whose behavior became a foundational case study...

Research Culture 1950S Japanese Macaque

9.2 Excellent

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Miss Baker

Miss Baker was a Peruvian squirrel monkey who became one of the first two primates to successfully survive a trip to spa...

Historic Space 1950S Nasa

8.8 Great

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Zhong Zhong

Zhong Zhong is a crab-eating macaque born in China in 2017, notable for being one of the first primates successfully clo...

Research China 2010S Crab Eating Macaque

8.6 Great

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Hua Hua

Hua Hua is a female crab-eating macaque born in China in 2017, recognized as one of the first live primate clones create...

Research China 2010S Crab Eating Macaque

8.6 Great

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Albert II

Albert II was a rhesus macaque monkey who became the first primate to reach outer space on June 14, 1949. Launched by th...

Historic Space 1940S Rhesus

8.5 Great

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Able

Able was a rhesus macaque born at the Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Kansas who became one of the first primates to survive a spa...

Historic Space 1950S Nasa

8.4 Great

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Corporal Jackie

Corporal Jackie was a chacma baboon who served as a military mascot with South African forces during World War I, attach...

Military Historic Mascot World War I

8.2 Great

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Tetra

Tetra is a rhesus macaque born in 1999 at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, recognized as the first cloned pr...

Research 1990S Rhesus Cloned

8.1 Great

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Yorick

Yorick, also referred to as Albert VI, was a rhesus monkey who participated in an Aerobee rocket flight on September 20,...

Historic Space 1950S Aerobee

7.9 Good

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Retro

Retro is a rhesus macaque monkey born in July 2020 who was announced by Chinese researchers in early 2024 as the first h...

Research China 2020S Rhesus

7.9 Good

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Britches

Britches was a stump-tailed macaque monkey used in sensory deprivation experiments at the University of California, Rive...

Research 1980S Rescue Animal Rights

7.9 Good

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Uncle Fatty

Uncle Fatty was the nickname given to an obese long-tailed macaque living near Bangkok, Thailand. The animal attracted i...

Urban Viral Thailand 2010S

7.1 Good

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Pockets Warhol

Pockets Warhol was a Canadian capuchin at Story Book Farm sanctuary whose paintings were exhibited from 2011 to raise fu...

Artist Canada 2020S Sanctuary

7.0 Good

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Banana-Sam

Banana-Sam was a squirrel monkey kept at San Francisco Zoo. On 31 December 2011, the animal was stolen from the zoo and...

San Francisco Zoo Theft 2010S

6.8 Fair

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Natasha

Natasha was a macaque kept at the Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel. In 2004 she attracted international media attention...

Israel Viral Zoo Macaque

6.7 Fair

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Fargam

Fargam was a male rhesus macaque used in an Iranian biological spaceflight experiment. He was launched on 14 December 20...

Research Space 2010S Iran

6.6 Fair

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Aftab

Aftab was an Iranian rhesus macaque used in the country's 2013 primate spaceflight program, reported as safely returned...

Research Space 2010S Iran

6.4 Fair

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Xing Xing

Xing Xing is a one-armed Tibetan macaque in Zhejiang, China, known online for visits to Yanghu Temple and care from a lo...

China Viral Wild Tibetan Macaque

6.4 Fair

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Punch-kun

Punch-kun is a Japanese macaque born at Ichikawa City Zoo in 2025, known online for clinging to an IKEA orangutan plush...

Japan Viral Zoo 2020S

6.3 Fair

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Twelves

Twelves was a robust capuchin kept as a pet by the Brazilian singer known as Latino. Born on 12 December 2012, the monke...

Celebrity Pet Brazil 2010S

6.0 Fair