What's the Difference between Tarzan of the Apes the Book and Tarzan (Disney) the Movie?

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In the Book	In the Movie
Tarzan	Tarzan
Jane Porter	Jane Porter
Prof. Archimedes Q. Porter	Prof. Archimedes Q. Porter
John Clayton, Lord Greystoke	Tarzan's Father
Lady Alice Clayton	Tarzan's Mother
Black Michael	This Character does not appear.
Kerchak	Kerchak
Kala	Kala
Tublat	This Character does not appear.
Sabor	Sabor
Bolgani	This Character does not appear.
Tantor	Tantor
Kulonga	This Character does not appear.
Mbonga	This Character does not appear.
Samuel T. Philander	This Character does not appear.
William Cecil Clayton	Clayton
Esmeralda	This Character does not appear.
Sheeta	Sabor
Lt. Paul D’Arnot	This Character does not appear.
Lt. Charpentier	This Character does not appear.
Captain Dufranne	This Character does not appear.
Father Constantine	This Character does not appear.
Robert Canler	This Character does not appear.
This Character does not appear.	Terk

Tarzan (Disney) Book vs Movie

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In the Book	In the Movie
Lord and Lady Greystoke were marooned by mutineers.	Tarzan's Mother and Father were shipwrecked.
Lord and Lady Greystoke built a thatched house on the beach.	Tarzan's Mother and Father built a treehouse in the jungle.
Lady Greystoke died from natural causes a year after Tarzan was born.	Tarzan's parents were mauled to death by Sabor
Lord Greystoke was beaten to death by Kerchak.	Tarzan's parents were mauled to death by Sabor.
Tublat was Kala's husband and Tarzan's reluctantly adoptive father.	Kerchak was Kala's husband and Tarzan's reluctantly adoptive father.
Sheeta is the Mangani (Ape language) name for Leopard, Sabor is the Mangani name for Lioness.	Sabor is the leopard that killed Tarzan's parents.
Tantor is the Mangani name for elephant.	Tantor is the name of a specific elephant and Tarzan's childhood friend.
Tarzan kills both Tublat and Kerchak, and becomes king of the Apes.	Kerchak still lives to the end.
Kala is killed by Kulonga with a poisoned arrow.	Kala lives to the end.
The apes that adopted Tarzan were not gorillas, but rather a completely different, slightly more intelligent species of great ape.	The gorillas adopted Tarzan.

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