Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species (Game)

Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species

GAME » on October 2005

Endangered Species is the first of three expansion packs that was released for Microsoft's Zoo Tycoon 2 PC game.

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Endangered Species is an expansion for Microsoft's Zoo Tycoon 2 PC game, and was the first of three released. Like all expansions, Endangered Species requires the original Zoo Tycoon 2 game installed. The expansion adds extra campaigns, items, and animals. Endangered Species contains 20 new animals, which vary in rarity.

Graphical Patches

Endangered Species included multiple patches for the graphics of the game on the disc, and these were generally welcomed by PC gamers as the original game graphics were regarded as being somewhat poor. Should the PC being used be able to handle 'Very High' settings for water detail, the water became transparent, rather than a solid color. On top of this, all 2D objects contained in the original Zoo Tycoon 2 were upgraded into 3D with the Endangered Species expansion pack.

New Animals

Endangered Species boosted the roster of animals present in the game by 20, and as the name would suggest, focuses entirely on endangered species of animal, such as the orangutan. As well as adding new animals, Endangered Species reworked the AI of animals that were included in the original game, and allowed them to be herded more easily amongst other things. Below is a list of all the animals added:

Latin Name	Common Name
Lycaon Pictus	African Wild Dog
Bison Bison	American Bison
Tapirus Bairdii	Baird's Tapir
Rangifer Tarandus Groenlandicus	Caribou
Hylobates Concolor	Crested Gibbon
Vulpes Zerda	Fennec Fox
Puma Concolor Coryi	Florida Panther
Hippotragus Niger Variani	Giant Sable Antelope
Geochelone Niger Porteri	Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Canis Lupus Lyacon	Grey Wolf
Rhinoceros Sondaicus	Javan Rhino
Phascolarctos Cinerus	Koala
Vanarus Komodoenisis	Komodo Dragon
Capra Falconeri	Markhor
Pongo Pygmaeus	Orangutan
Equus Ferus Przewalskii	Przewalskii's Horse
Oryx Dammah	Scimitar Horned Oryx
Lynx Pardinius	Spanish Lynx
Tremarctos Omatus	Speckled Bear
Gulo Gulo	Wolverine

Despite the fact that these animals were all added to the game before Zoo Tycoon 2 for the Nintendo DS was released, the only Endangered Species animals to appear in the DS version of the game are the Spanish Lynx, Orangutan and Koala.

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