The chimpanzee character Cheeta (sometimes billed as Cheetah, Cheta, or Chita) was never in any of Edgar Rice Burroughs' original Tarzan novels. The character is a product of the movies, and does have a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars at 110 South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California, USA.
It IS known that Cheeta (played by Jiggs, the chimpanzee) was first introduced in 1932's Tarzan the Ape Man.
There were many monkeys actually, but the main one was one of Tarzan's best friends: Terk, the FEMALE ape. She is almost like Tarzan's older sister and has a wisecracking, tomboyish attitude.
"Tarzan" means "white skin" in the language of the apes. Kala noticed that this strange baby she had retrieved had white skin, so she dubbed him "Tarzan."
The leopard's name in Tarzan is Sabor.
Tarzan Tyler's birth name is Camille Tourville.
Tarzan wasnt given a last name in the movie. He was simply refered to as "Tarzan". Although some people might say that his last name is "Lord Of The Apes" Also in the book his name was John Clayton
Tarzan's adoptive gorilla mother's name is Kala.
The baby elephant's name in the beginning of Disney's Tarzan is Tantor. He grows up with Tarzan, and they become the best of friends. He is a paranoid, kindhearted elephant.
Tarzan is his ape name. It means "white skin".
The leopard's name in Tarzan is Sabor.
Tarzan's mother's name is Kala. She is a kind and nurturing gorilla who raised Tarzan as her own son in the jungle.
Tarzan Dan's birth name is Dan Freeman.
Tarzan Tyler's birth name is Camille Tourville.
Tarzan wasnt given a last name in the movie. He was simply refered to as "Tarzan". Although some people might say that his last name is "Lord Of The Apes" Also in the book his name was John Clayton
Tarzan's adoptive gorilla mother's name is Kala.
Tarzan's father was John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (the second?).
In the original books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan's "father gorilla" is Terkoz. In the 1999 Disney film Tarzan, the father gorilla is Kerchak.
His Her name is Sabor.
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The baby elephant's name in the beginning of Disney's Tarzan is Tantor. He grows up with Tarzan, and they become the best of friends. He is a paranoid, kindhearted elephant.