Tonda

Tonda with T.K.
Species	orangutan
Sex	female
Born	1958 (1958)
Died	March 23, 2009(2009-03-23) (aged 50–51) Panama City Beach, Florida
Known for	animal odd couple

Tonda (1958 – 23 March 2009) was the oldest orangutan in the United States. Tonda died on March 23, 2009, at ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, Florida, aged 50.^[1]

Tonda, short for Tondaleyo, died in her sleep at the age of 50. Tonda had represented the oldest registered orangutan in captivity in the United States.

Tonda, along with a male kitten named T.K., had earned a modicum of fame after being named the second-best animal odd couple by Animal Planet. The pair were also the subject of a book, Tonda and TK: Friends.^[2]

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