Monkey and Ape Pokémon
24 Pokémon are based on or look like monkeys and apes. They run from Mankey (#0056) to Munkidori (#1015).
Monkey and Ape Pokémon facts
- Most monkey and ape Pokémon are Fire types (6 of 24), then Grass (6) and Fighting (6).
- Generation 5 added the most (7 of 24).
- Heaviest: Slaking (130.5 kg). Lightest: Grookey (5 kg).
- First partner Pokémon: Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape, Grookey, Thwackey and Rillaboom.
- Legendary: Munkidori.
- Mythical: Zarude.
All 24 Monkey and Ape Pokémon
Each Pokémon is here because its lore page on pokee.si says it is based on or inspired by monkeys and apes, or looks like them. Game Freak does not always say what inspired a design, so some of these are well-supported readings, not official facts.
| # | Pokémon | Type | Why it counts | Gen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #0056 | Mankey | Fighting | A small monkey with a pig-like nose, maybe from the pig-tailed macaque. | 1 |
| #0057 | Primeape | Fighting | An ape that may take cues from macaques, baboons and snub-nosed monkeys. | 1 |
| #0190 | Aipom | Normal | A New World monkey with a super-long grabbing tail. | 2 |
| #0289 | Slaking | Normal | An ape-like giant with a gorilla-like build. | 3 |
| #0390 | Chimchar | Fire | Looks like a young chimpanzee with orange fur. | 4 |
| #0391 | Monferno | Fire/Fighting | May take after a mandrill or a golden snub-nosed monkey. | 4 |
| #0392 | Infernape | Fire/Fighting | Looks like a monkey with some chimpanzee in it. | 4 |
| #0424 | Ambipom | Normal | A New World monkey with an exaggerated grabbing tail. | 4 |
| #0511 | Pansage | Grass | A green monkey with a sprout on its head. | 5 |
| #0512 | Simisage | Grass | A monkey blended with a tree. | 5 |
| #0513 | Pansear | Fire | A red monkey, standing for hear no evil. | 5 |
| #0514 | Simisear | Fire | A monkey blended with a flame. | 5 |
| #0515 | Panpour | Water | A blue monkey with a wave-like crest. | 5 |
| #0516 | Simipour | Water | A monkey blended with a fountain. | 5 |
| #0555 | Darmanitan | Fire | A squat, ape-like Pokémon that nods to the orangutan. | 5 |
| #0765 | Oranguru | Normal/Psychic | An orangutan blended with a guru. | 7 |
| #0766 | Passimian | Fighting | Modelled on a lemur, most closely the ruffed lemur. | 7 |
| #0810 | Grookey | Grass | Looks like a monkey, maybe a squirrel monkey or macaque. | 8 |
| #0811 | Thwackey | Grass | A humanoid monkey that thwacks on a drum. | 8 |
| #0812 | Rillaboom | Grass | A gorilla crossed with a taiko drummer. | 8 |
| #0893 | Zarude | Dark/Grass | A baboon- or mandrill-like Pokémon, 1.8 metres tall. | 8 |
| #0945 | Grafaiai | Poison/Normal | Modelled on the aye-aye, which has a long middle finger. | 9 |
| #0979 | Annihilape | Fighting/Ghost | Draws on primates, particularly Gibraltar barbary macaques. | 9 |
| #1015 | Munkidori | Poison/Psychic | May be a Japanese macaque; its Shiny form has a tanned coat. | 9 |
Monkey and Ape Pokémon by type
A Pokémon with two types is counted once for each type.