Alpine (id: alpine) is a biome in Zoo Tycoon 2. The biome is used in the official game for extant animals from Asia, Europe and Africa and extinct animals from Pleistocene Europe, with additional foliage from Oceania, South America and North America. User-made additions include extant animals from South America, Oceania and North America, extinct animals from Pleistocene Japan, cryptid animals from Asia and mythical animals from Europe.
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Exhibit Animals (six official + 18 user-made)
- Andean Goose (South America Pack)
- Baluchistan Bear (Arabian Nights)
- Bighorn Sheep (Forgotten Animals)
- Cave Lion (Extinct Animals)
- Chilean Flamingo (Alpine Pack)
- Ethiopian Wolf (African Adventure)
- Gelada (African Adventure)
- Guanaco (South America Pack)
- Himalayan Takin (Alpine Pack)
- Ibex (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Llama (Forgotten Animals)
- Markhor (Endangered Species)
- Naumann's Elephant (Proboscid Pack)
- Pyrenean Ibex (Alpine Pack)
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (North America Pack)
- Sindh Ibex (Arabian Nights)
- Snow Leopard (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Tatzelwurm (Paranoia!)
- Unicorn (Forgotten Animals) (ZT2DS version) (obtainable by breeding of ZT1 version from Temperate Forest but never itself adoptable without further modding)
- Unicorn (Paranoia!)
- Vancouver Island Marmot (Island Excursions bonus download)
- Verreaux's Frog (Alpine Pack)
- Yak (Alpine Pack)
- Yeti (Forgotten Animals)
Ambient Animals (two official + five user-made)
- Christmas Mouse (Christmas Pack)
- Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly (Arabian Nights)
- Coho Salmon (North America Pack) (appears individually or in medium or large schools)
- Common Loon (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Monarch Butterfly (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Plain Tiger Butterfly (Arabian Nights)
- Rainbow Trout (North America Pack) (appears individually or in medium or large schools)
Foliage Animals (one user-made)
Enrichment (one user-made)
Trees (five official + nine user-made)
- Andean Polylepis (South America Pack)
- Black Cottonwood (North America Pack)
- Bristlecone Pine (Alpine Pack)
- Dead Tree (Paranoia!)
- Deodar Cedar (Arabian Nights)
- Evergreen Oak (Endangered Species)
- Himalayan Birch (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Himalayan Pine Tree (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Monkey Puzzle Tree (Extinct Animals)
- Pacific Silver Fir (Island Excursions bonus download)
- Subalpine Fir (North America Pack)
- Ulmo Tree (Forgotten Animals)
- Western Juniper (Forgotten Animals)
- Yellow Cedar Tree (Zoo Tycoon 2)
Plants (four official + six user-made)
- Alpine Azalea (Alpine Pack)
- Alpine Cinquefoil (Alpine Pack)
- Alpine Sea Holly (Endangered Species)
- Christmas Roses (Christmas Pack)
- Edelweiss (Extinct Animals)
- Himalayan Skimmia (Arabian Nights)
- Larkspur (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Sagebrush (Forgotten Animals)
- Speargrass (Extinct Animals)
- Yareta (South America Pack)
Rocks (three official)
Zoopedia Entry
The Alpine biome, similar to the tundra biome, is found in high mountain areas around the world. Harsh conditions cause vegetation to grow low to the ground in alpine meadows.
Tundra is the treeless plain that lies north of the northern coniferous forests and on the Antarctic Peninsula in the southern hemisphere.
Trees cannot survive in this biome because of the cold temperatures, high winds, and heavy snowfall, as well as the permafrost, a layer of permanently frozen subsoil. Plant life tends to grow low to the ground. In the summer, large numbers of birds migrate to the tundra to feed on insects. Other animals found in this area include reindeer, wolves, fox, voles, and lemmings.