Zaius	chimpanzee	male	POTA: The Fall		son of Aspasia and Jonathan/Semos
Zaius, Councillor	orangutan	male	POTA TV	Colman, Booth	presides over the High Council; inhabitant of Central City
Zaius, Doctor	orangutan	male	POTA (1968), Beneath the POTA, Return to the POTA	Evans, Maurice [POTA (1968), Beneath], Blackburn, Richard (Return)	inhabitant of Ape City; member of National Academy, Minister of Science, Chief Defender of the Faith
Zanam	gorilla	male	Planète des singes [Monkey Planet] Boulle (1963)		guard assigned to Mérou, along with Zoram
Zantar	human	male	Return to the POTA Ep. 4 "Tunnel of Fear"		film character reference: "Zantar of the Humanoids", an apparent ape reversal of "Tarzan of the Apes"
Zaïus, Mi	orangutan	male	Planète des singes [Monkey Planet] Boulle (1963)		head of research institute, opponent of Mérou; "mi", an honorific title in ape language
Zira	chimpanzee	female	POTA (1968), Beneath the POTA, Escape from the POTA, Return to the POTA	Hunter, Kim [POTA (1968), Beneath, Escape], Harris, Phillippa (Return)	inhabitant of Ape City, animal psychologist, married to Cornelius (Beneath), mother of Milo/Caesar
Zoram	gorilla	male	Planète des singes [Monkey Planet] Boulle (1963)		guard assigned to Mérou, along with Zanam
Zoran, Doctor	chimpanzee	male	POTA TV Ep. 12 "The Cure"	Sheiner, David	medical officer
Zutta	gorilla	male	Return to the POTA Ep. 4 "Tunnel of Fear"		soldier in Gen. Urko's expeditionary force into the Forbidden Zone; guards truck and wrestles Bill Hudson