swap_horiz No. 384-80 Alternatives

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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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

Zhakonya

Zhakonya was a Soviet rhesus macaque used in scientific research aboard the Bion 9 satellite, launched in September 1989...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.7 Good

10

Zabiyaka

Zabiyaka was a rhesus macaque monkey used by the Soviet space program for biological research. On September 15, 1989, Za...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.7 Good

11

Gordo

Gordo, also known as Old Reliable, was a squirrel monkey used by the United States in spaceflight research. He was launc...

Historic Space 1950S Jupiter

7.6 Good

12

Miss Sam

Miss Sam was a female rhesus macaque used by NASA for a suborbital test flight during the early stages of the American s...

Space 1960S Nasa Mercury

7.4 Good

13

Abrek

Abrek was a rhesus macaque utilized by the Soviet space program for orbital research. He flew as a primary payload aboar...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.4 Good

14

Bion

Bion was a Soviet rhesus macaque who flew aboard the Kosmos 1514 satellite as part of the Bion 6 mission in 1983. Alongs...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.3 Good

15

Dryoma

Dryoma was a Soviet rhesus macaque used for scientific research during the Bion 8 mission, which launched on the Kosmos...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.3 Good

16

Verny

Verny was a rhesus macaque carried aboard the Soviet biosatellite Bion 7, also designated Kosmos 1667. The spacecraft re...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.1 Good

17

Yerosha

Yerosha was a rhesus macaque used in the Soviet Union's Bion space-biomedical research program. Together with another ma...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.1 Good

18

No. 3165

No. 3165 was one of two squirrel monkeys flown on Space Shuttle Challenger's STS-51-B mission in 1985 as part of Spacela...

1980S Nasa Space Shuttle Squirrel Monkey

6.8 Fair

19

Banana-Sam

Banana-Sam was a squirrel monkey from San Francisco Zoo, notable for being stolen on 31 December 2011 and found alive in...

San Francisco Zoo Theft 2010S

6.8 Fair

20

Big George

Big George was a squirrel monkey paired with spaceflight survivor Miss Baker in a 1962 ceremony at the Naval Aerospace M...

1970S Space Age Companion Squirrel Monkey

5.9 Mediocre