List of scientifically studied apes

Scientific apes

 * Ai (born 1976) — chimpanzee; studied by scientists at Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
 * Bonnie — orangutan; began whistling (mimicking an animal caretaker), which is changing ideas about primate sound repertoires.
 * Chantek (born 1977) — orangutan; involved with language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
 * Clint — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee Genome Project, Yerkes Primate Center
 * Donald — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
 * Enos (died 1962) — chimpanzee; spacefaring, after Ham
 * Frodo — chimpanzee; baby-eating "bully" who has attacked Jane Goodall and Gary Larson
 * Gon — chimpanzee; source of DNA for Chimpanzee genome project
 * Gua — chimpanzee; raised as a child by the Drs. Kellogg alongside their son Donald.
 * Ham the Chimp (1956–1983) — chimpanzee; spacefaring, before Enos
 * Kanzi (born 1980) — bonobo; involved with language research and tool invention; ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
 * Koko (born 1971) — gorilla; involved with sign language research and ApeNet language-using great ape ambassador
 * Lucy — chimpanzee; cross-fostered and raised by University of Oklahoma psychotherapist
 * Nim Chimpsky (1973–2000) — chimpanzee; named after linguist Noam Chomsky
 * Nyota (born 1998) — bonobo; Panbanisha's son
 * Oliver the chimp — chimpanzee; the so-called "Missing Link", apparent "humanzee"
 * Panzee and Panbanisha — chimpanzee & bonobo; at the same research center as Kanzi
 * Sarah (chimpanzee) — research primate whose cognitive skills are documented in The Mind of an Ape
 * Sultan — chimpanzee; used in classic Kohler tool-use studies
 * Titus (born 1974) — gorilla; an extensively observed silverback Mountain Gorilla
 * Washoe (1965-2007) — chimpanzee; pioneer ape of hand-signing research