Kerchak is a fictional character in the Walt Disney produced animated movie, Tarzan. He is the dominant gorilla and is Tarzan's "father", due to Tarzan's real parents were killed by Sabor the leapard. Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 â December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... Tarzan, a character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first appeared in the 1914 novel Tarzan of the Apes, and then in twenty-three sequels. ... Type species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ... The parliament of Croatia is called Hrvatski Sabor in Croatian - the word sabor means an assembly, a gathering, a congress. ...