Gordon is a male orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who was born on 09/12/97 at Monkey World. He is Amy’s son but was born prematurely and had to spend the first month of his life in an incubator. The Primate Care Staff cared for Gordon when he was first born but, 15 years later he has grown into a handsome adult male, who has a son of his own named Jin.

Hsiao-lan is a female orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who arrived at the park on 24/01/02 and we estimate that she was born during 1994. Hsiao-lan was rescued by the Taiwanese Authorities after being found at an amusement arcade in Kaoshiung. She is one of the shyest orang-utans we have and her name means “little cloud” in Chinese.

Hsiao-quai is a female orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who arrived at the park on 21/07/01 and we estimate that she was born during 1994. Hsiao-quai was smuggled from the wild before she was rescued by the Taiwanese Authorities. She was found abandoned with a young male orang-utan in front of a private park in Pingtung City, Taiwan. Hsiao-quai means “good little child” in Chinese.

Jin is a male orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who was born at Monkey World on 12/11/09. He is the second son of Hsiao-quai, he is Gordon’s first born, and brother to Kai. The name “Jin” means handsome in Chinese.
 

Awan is a female orang-utan that was born at the park on 02/05/12. Her father is Tuan and her mother is Hsiao-lan. However when she was seen for the first time it was Hsiao-quai that was carrying the baby. Awan was taken from Hsiao-quai to see if Hsiao-lan would take her baby and care for her, but she was not interested. Awan was given back to Hsiao-quai, who is a wonderful mother and was already feeding her 3 year old son, Jin. Awan means "cloud" in Indonesian.