chimpanzee : Henley

GAIN ID numberGAIN ID number
We assinged GAIN original IDs based on the domestic studbook numbers.:0116    （2020-05-27Updated）
International studbook number: -

Name Henley
Sex Male
Species or Subspecies hybrid
Date of birth 1978.06.29
Place of birth Tama Zoological Park
Current facility Tobe Zoological Park of Ehime Prefecture
Father Joe
Mother Lilly   (human rearing)
Feature
The individual has a calm face, on which the image of his father, Joe, remains. The hair on his cheeks is long, similar to his mother, Lilly. Succeeding the name of a male, which was previously in Dogo Zoological Garden, he is called Gon by trainers.
Character
The individual is slick. Although he comes to a zookeeper and apologizes by holding out his hand when he commits bad things, the attitude is often a pretension. He seems to dislike humans in general. He used to make mischievous acts such as spitting on or splashing water to humans when he was young, but he rarely does those things recently. He used to perform balancing acts on a ball during shows.
Life history
1978.06.29 Henley was born at Tama Zoological Park. He is brought up by mother in a group.
1981.11.29 Henley came to Dogo Zoo. He received intensive training hard 2-3 months, and appearing on the show.
1983.? Henley retired from show and then lived with Cherry  {0036}  and Lord  {0050}  who already had retired.
1986.11.03　 Kenta  {0285}  was born of Cherry  {0036}  and Henley (mother-rearing).
1987.10 　 Moving to Tobe Zoological Park of Ehime Prefecture from Dogo Zoo started.
1988.03  {9217}  was stillbirth. Whose mother was Cherry  {0036} .
1988.03.18 　 Cherry  {0036}  died of bleeding due to stillbirth. Henley often had trouble with Lord who lived together, so he was raised alone.
1988.04 Tobe Zoological Park of Ehime Prefecture was opened.
1991.09.30 Mary  {0078}  and Tom  {0088}  came from Hirakata Park. Henley and they lived together on trial.
1996.? Because Mary and Sakura attacked Henley, they lived separately.
2014.05.06 Henley died from renal failure.
Photographs
         
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Research results using samples from this individual
Nakatsukasa M, Morimoto N, Nishimura T. (2019) Sesamoids of the pollical metacarpophalangeal joint and the evolution of hominoid hands. *Anthropological Science*, 127(3), 159-164. doi: 10.1537/ase.190908
References
 

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