abstract:Cheeta (sometimes billed as Cheetah, Cheta and Chita) is a chimpanzee character who appeared in numerous Hollywood Tarzan movies of the 1930s–1960s as well as the 1966–1968 television series, as the ape sidekick of the title character, Tarzan. Cheeta has usually been characterized as male, but sometimes as female, and has been portrayed by chimpanzees of both sexes.
Thegraying, 150-poundCheeta , oneofsixprimatesatthedesertsanctuary 110 mileseast ofLos Angeles, isveryactive and "he still has every tooth in his head, " Westfall said Monday.