Throughout the 1930s-1960s, numerous Tarzan films included an animal sidekick by the name "Cheeta". Despite his name, this animal was in fact not a large cat at all. Do you know what kind of animal Cheeta was?

Cheeta the chimpanzee was featured several times as Tarzan's sidekick and close companion. The original animal actor for this role went to Jiggs the chimp, however, it was played by more than a dozen different chimps over the years.

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