List of fictional primates in literature

Thislist of fictional primates in literatureis a subsidiary to the articles oflist of fictional primatesandlist of fictional animals.The list is restricted to notable non-humanprimatecharacters that appear in notable works of literature.

Name	Species	Origin and Author	Notes
Amy	Gorilla	CongobyMichael Crichton	A protagonist, Amy is a mountain gorilla being studied by Dr. Peter Elliot. Her normal behavior begins to start going bad when she has nightmares about the Lost City of Zinj, located in the middle of the Congo and guarded by her gorilla-chimpanzee hybrid relatives.
Babiole	Monkey	BabiolebyMadame d'Aulnoy	A human princess who is transformed into a monkey by a wicked fairy.
Baavian	Baboon	Just So StoriesbyRudyard Kipling	A baboon has a throne and a statue in "How the Leopard Got His Spots".
Bill Williamson	Sasquatch	State of Jefferson StoriesbyHarry Turtledove	A Sasquatch governor of theState of Jeffersonduring the late 1970s and early 1980s. He had previously been part of the Jefferson State Senate before the early 1970s, and, before entering politics, he had served as a lawyer and a realtor. He was the state's second sasquatch governor (the first being Charlie "Bigfoot" Lewis). He was married to another sasquatch, Louise, and has a daughter named Nicole. During his time as governor, Williamson did his best to insure that the state of Jefferson stayed open and diverse.
Curious George	Monkey	Curious GeorgebyMargret ReyandH. A. Rey	Identified in the text as a monkey, his illustration does not correspond to a specific non-fictional species of monkey and features the characteristics of anape,especially a chimpanzee, or a gorilla. For example, he lacks a tail (though some species of monkey, including theBarbary macaque,have little or no tail).
Fiben Bolger	Chimpanzee	The Uplift WarbyDavid Brin	ANeo-Chimpanzee
Francine Frensky	Monkey	Arthur's ValentinebyMarc Brown	Atomboywho loves sports, drumming, and singing. She is 8 years old, and she is the best player on her team in just about every sport they play, rivaled only by the Brain at soccer and basketball.
Hanuman	Vanara	Ramayana, ThebyR. K. Narayan	Ally toRamain the classic Indian tale.
Ishmael	Gorilla	Ishmael,The Story of B,andMy IshmaelbyDaniel Quinn	A philosopher who was captured from the wild when young and sent to the zoo. After the zoo sold him to a menagerie, an old Jewish man bought him and could communicate with him through his mind. Ishmael teaches captivity to the unnamed narrator.
Kala	Mangani	TarzanbyEdgar Rice Burroughs	Tarzan's adoptive mother. Manganis are a fictional species of apes.
Kerchak	Mangani	TarzanbyEdgar Rice Burroughs	Leader of the manganis.
The Librarian	Orangutan	DiscworldbyTerry Pratchett	TheLibrarianappeared in the first novel of the series,The Colour of Magic,and was transformed into an orang-utan inThe Light Fantasticas the Octavo fired a beam of magic upwards. On discovering that being an orang-utan had certain advantages for a librarian - he can climb up to high shelves, for example - he refused to be transformed back into a human and has remained an orang-utan ever since. The other wizards have gradually become used to the situation, to the extent that, fromNight Watch:‘if someone ever reported that there was an orang-utan in the Library, the wizards would probably go and ask the Librarian if he'd seen it.’
Lucy	Human-bonobohybrid	Lucyby Laurence Gonzales	Brought back from a researcher's camp in war-torn Congo. The novel explores what is human and tolerance vs discrimination.
Major Monkey	Monkey	Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha Monkeys from Mars	The main antagonist of the book. He is a Martian monkey who hates living on Mars because it is a barren planet. Most of his time is spent creating evil robots, which are then used later on in the book to capture the robot and attempt to take over planet Earth.
Mr. Nilsson	Monkey	Pippi LongstockingbyAstrid Lindgren	The pet of the titular character.
Nkima	Monkey	TarzanbyEdgar Rice Burroughs	A companion and sidekick to Tarzan, sometimes providing comic relief and at other times conveying messages between Tarzan and his allies, and occasionally leading Tarzan's Waziri warriors and other animal friends to the ape-man's rescue.
Olongo Featherstone-Haugh	Gorilla	The Probability BroachbyL. Neil Smith	A gorilla that served as the Vice President of theNorth American Confederacyunder President Jennifer Smythe on theGallatinist Party.He elected as the 27th President of the NAC and serves from 1992 until 2000.
Ozymandias	Monkey	His Dark MaterialsbyPhilip Pullman	A golden monkey with long fur, who is not named in the books, but was given the name "Ozymandias" in the radio adaptation. A few times throughout the books, the golden monkey is shown to be capable of going much further from Mrs. Coulter than other people's dæmons,
Rotpeter	Chimpanzee orWestern gorilla	"A Report to an Academy"byFranz Kafka	West Africanape who is transported to Europe by hunters. He later begins to imitate the humans and learns their behaviour to escape being imprisoned in a zoo. In the end, he accomplishes his goal and is no longer able to describe his experience as an ape.
Shift	Ape	The Chronicles of NarniabyC.S. Lewis	The antagonist ofThe Last Battle,which is the last book of the series. Shift is an ape who, like many animals in Lewis' work, can talk.
Sun Wukong	Monkey	Journey to the WestbyWu Cheng'en	The Monkey King from classicChinese literature.
Unnamed	Orangutan	"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"byEdgar Allan Poe	The true murderer of Madame L'Espanaye and her daughter, as deduced byC. Auguste Dupin.
Unnamed	Monkey	Falling UpbyShel Silverstein	A monkey that ate green bananas and almost died due to being unable to digest them. He is featured in a poem in the book called "The Monkey".
Unnamed White Ape Princess	Ape	"Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family"byH. P. Lovecraft	The horror descended from the marriage and children of Sir Wade Jermyn and the White Ape Princess.
Zéphir	Monkey	Babar the Elephant	Good friend of Babar.
Zoey	Orangutan	Zoey & MebyMallory Lewis	A baby orangutan who was brought into the Miles' family after being rejected by her mother. Zoey is very playful and curious, which is the biggest reason she gets into tight, and sometimes fatal, situations.

See also

• List of fictional primates