Desert (id: desert) is a biome in Zoo Tycoon 2. The biome is used in the official game for extant animals from Africa and Asia, and extinct animals from Cretaceous Asia, with additional foliage from North America. User-made additions include extant animals from North America and South America, extinct animals from Permian Asia and Pleistocene and Holocene South America and cryptid animals from Asia.
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Exhibit Animals (seven official + 21 user-made)
- Addax (Zoo Tycoon 2 extra download)
- Addra Gazelle (Desert Pack)
- African Spurred Tortoise (African Adventure)
- Arabian Horse (Arabian Nights)
- Arabian Partridge (Arabian Nights)
- Arabian Pony (Arabian Nights extension)
- Arabian Wolf (Arabian Nights)
- Blanford's Fox (Arabian Nights)
- Collared Peccary (Desert Pack)
- Desert Monitor (Arabian Nights)
- Desert Tortoise (Desert Pack)
- Dromedary Camel (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Fennec Fox (Endangered Species)
- Gallimimus (Forgotten Animals)
- Gila Monster (North America Pack)
- Hamadryas Baboon (Arabian Nights)
- Houbara Bustard (Arabian Nights bonus download)
- Indus River Dolphin (Arabian Nights)
- James's Flamingo (Desert Pack)
- Lava Lizard (Desert Pack)
- Lowland Gomphothere (Proboscid Pack)
- Mongolian Death Worm (Paranoia!)
- Sand Cat (Arabian Nights)
- Scimitar Horned Oryx (Endangered Species)
- Scutosaurus (Papapanda download)
- Striped Hyena (African Adventure)
- Velociraptor (Extinct Animals)
- Wild Burro (Desert Pack)
Ambient Animals (two official + two user-made)
- Common Shot Silverline Butterfly (Arabian Nights)
- Hilsa (Arabian Nights)
- King Vulture (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Spring Hare (Zoo Tycoon 2)
Trees (four official + nine user-made)
- Acacia Nilotica (Arabian Nights)
- Afghan Pine (Arabian Nights)
- Aswad Pomegranate Tree (Arabian Nights)
- Camel Thorn Acacia Tree (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Chilean Mesquite (Desert Pack)
- Date Palm Tree (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Dead Tree (Paranoia!)
- Ghaf Tree (Arabian Nights)
- Joshua Tree (Endangered Species)
- Pacific Madrone (Desert Pack)
- Palo Verde Tree (North America Pack)
- Saguaro Cactus (Desert Pack)
- Saguaro Cactus (Extinct Animals)
Plants (five official + 11 user-made)
- Agave Cactus (Extinct Animals)
- Aloe Vera (Extinct Animals)
- Apache Plume (Desert Pack)
- Beavertail Cactus (North America Pack)
- California Desert Poppy (Desert Pack)
- Cyperus Arenarius (Arabian Nights)
- Desert Grass (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Desert Hyacinth (Arabian Nights)
- Golden Barrel Cactus (Endangered Species)
- Moltkiopsis (Arabian Nights)
- Mudar Yercum (Arabian Nights)
- Pata de Guanaco (Desert Pack)
- Protea Wildflowers (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Pteropyrum (Arabian Nights)
- Russian Thistle (Arabian Nights)
- Tarthuth (Arabian Nights)
Rocks (three official + one user-made)
- Butte (Arabian Nights)
- Large Desert Rock (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Medium Desert Rock (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Small Desert Rock (Zoo Tycoon 2)
Zoopedia Entry
Desert is a term applied to regions of the earth that are characterized by less than 254 mm (10 in) of annual rainfall, an evaporation rate that exceeds precipitation, and, in most cases, a high average temperature. Because of a lack of moisture in the soil and low humidity in the atmosphere, most of the sunlight penetrates to the ground. Daytime temperatures can reach 131° F (55° C) in the shade. At night the desert floor radiates heat back to the atmosphere, and the temperature can drop to near freezing.
Most deserts arise due to atmospheric wind conditions. Warm air masses created two belts of desert, one along the Tropic of Cancer and the other along the Tropic of Capricorn. Other deserts result from the effects of ocean currents on landmasses, where cool air masses carry fog and mist, but little rain, along coastal regions.