Toto (gorilla)

Toto (1931–1968) (a.k.a. M'Toto meaning "Little Child" in Swahili) ^[1] was a gorilla that was adopted and raised very much like a human child.

A. Maria Hoyt adopted the baby female gorilla orphaned by a hunt in French Equatorial Africa in 1931. Mrs. Hoyt's husband killed the baby gorilla's father for a museum piece, and his guides killed its mother for fun.^[1] Mrs. Hoyt moved to Cuba to provide a more tropical home for Toto. At the age of four or five, Toto adopted a kitten named Principe, carrying the kitten with her everywhere. When Toto became too difficult to manage for a private keeper, she was leased to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus as a potential mate for another gorilla, Gargantua, a.k.a. Buddy. Toto died in 1968. Toto is buried at "Sandy Lane" Kennels Pet Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida.

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1 2 Time Magazine, December 30, 1940 p.9

Notable non-human apes

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Chimpanzees	Ai Ayumu Bonzo Pierre Brassau Bubbles Cheeta Congo Enos Gregoire Gua Ham Jiggs Julius Kasakela Chimpanzee Community Lana Loulis Lucy Macaco Tião Matthew Hiasl Pan Mitumba Chimpanzee Community J. Fred Muggs Nim Chimpsky Oliver Pankun Santino Sarah Sultan Travis Viki Washoe

Gorillas	Alfred the Gorilla Babec Binti Jua Bobo Bokito Charles the Gorilla Colo Gargantua Guy the Gorilla Harambe Ivan Jambo Jenny Jumoke Koko Massa Max Michael Pattycake Pogo Shabani Snowflake Titus Toto Willie B.

Orangutans	Abang Ah Meng Bonnie Chantek Jenny Ken Allen Manis Austrian Nonja Malaysian Nonja Sandra Tonda

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Toto (gorilla)

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