Wetlands (id: wetlands) is a biome in Zoo Tycoon 2. The biome is used in the official game for extant animals from North America and Africa and extinct animals from Permian and Cretaceous North America, Cretaceous Asia, Pleistocene Oceania and Jurassic, Pleistocene and Holocene Africa. User-made additions include extant animals from South America, Asia and Europe, extinct animals from Cretaceous Africa, cryptid animals from Oceania, South America and Asia and fictional animals from Africa.
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Exhibit Animals (14 official + 13 user-made)
- African Buffalo (African Adventure)
- American Beaver (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Ankylosaurus (Extinct Animals)
- Black Stork (Arabian Nights)
- Bunyip (Paranoia!)
- Caspian Turtle (Arabian Nights)
- Cozumel Island Coati (Island Excursions booster pack)
- Cozumel Island Raccoon (Island Excursions)
- Dimetrodon (Extinct Animals)
- Diprotodon (Extinct Animals)
- Dwarf Flores Stegodon (Proboscid Pack)
- Elephant Bird (Extinct Animals)
- Florida Panther (Endangered Species)
- Giant Anaconda (Paranoia!)
- Giant Mandrill (Fake Animals)
- Great Blue Heron (North America Pack)
- Greater Flamingo (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Hippopotamus (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Kentrosaurus (Extinct Animals)
- Nile Crocodile (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Nile Monitor (Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure)
- Protarchaeopteryx (Extinct Animals)
- Scarlet Ibis (South America Pack)
- Smooth Coated Otter (Arabian Nights)
- Spectacled Caiman (Jungle Escape)
- Spinosaurus (Extinct Animals)
- Tsuchinoko (Paranoia!)
Ambient Animals (three official + four user-made)
- Amazon Butterfly (Amazon Pack)
- Calicore Butterfly (Amazon Pack)
- Coho Salmon (North America Pack) (appears individually or in medium or large schools)
- Herring (Marine Mania) (appears in small, medium or large schools)
- Mallard Duck (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- North American Bullfrog (Endangered Species)
- Rainbow Trout (North America Pack) (appears individually or in medium or large schools)
Trees (three official + six user-made)
- Cypress Tree (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Epos Banana Tree (Fake Animals)
- Mangrove Tree (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Perepat Tree (Endangered Species)
- Red Osier Dogwood (North America Pack)
- Sundari Tree (Arabian Nights)
- Tea Mangrove (South America Pack)
- White Mangrove (Island Excursions)
- Yagua Palm (Island Excursions)
Plants (Seven official + four user-made)
- Beardless Rabbitsfoot Grass (Island Excursions)
- Cattails (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Gamba Grass (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Green Pitcher Plant (Endangered Species)
- Lavender Popcorn (South America Pack)
- Nipah Palm (Arabian Nights)
- Papyrus (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Phoenix Paludosa (Arabian Nights)
- Small Wetland Log (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Water Lilies (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Wetland Log (Zoo Tycoon 2)
Rocks (three official + one user-made)
- Large Wetlands Rock (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Large Wetlands Rock (Jungle Escape)
- Medium Wetlands Rock (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Small Wetlands Rock (Zoo Tycoon 2)
Zoopedia Entry
Wetland is defined as a geographic area with characteristics of both dry land and bodies of water.
Wetlands typically occur in low-lying areas that receive fresh water at the edges of lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers, or salt water from tides in coastal areas protected from waves. In wetlands, the surface of the water, called the water table, is usually at, above, or just below the land surface for enough time to restrict the growth of plants to those that are adapted to wet conditions and promote the development of soils characteristic of a wet environment. Wetlands provide habitat for a wide variety of plants, invertebrates, fish, and larger animals, including many rare, threatened, or endangered species.
The plants and animals found in wetlands include both those that are able to live on dry land or in the water and those that can live only in a wet environment. Wetlands are found on every continent except Antarctica and in climates ranging from the tropics to the tundra. They occupy about 6 percent of the land surface of the world, or approximately 890 million hectares (approximately 2.2 billion acres). The United States contains about 111 million hectares (about 274 million acres) or approximately 12 percent of the world's wetland.