Melincourt (first published 1817) by the English author Thomas Love Peacock has an orangutan called Sir Oran Haut-Ton, who is put forward as a candidate for election as a member of parliament.
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In the Futurama episode The Problem with Popplers, Zap Brannigan fooled aliens into eating an orangutan in order to save Leela.
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