<p>I also used to have it. Spent a while looking for it but I'm 90% sure this is the one you're looking for. </p>

<p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34016/explore" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34016/explore</a></p>

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2017-02-22T12:43:49.617Z
2017-02-22T12:43:49.617Z
Hugh
<p><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4156/endangered-species" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Endangered Species</a> matches most of your criteria. It was released before the 90s, has a square board, and involves collecting animals from different environments (although each group represents a different continent, rather than a biome). However, there is no mountain in the middle, but that was the part you sounded least certain about.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8Ac5b.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8Ac5b.jpg" alt="Endangered Species board game"></a></p>

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2016-04-16T22:07:06.707Z
2016-04-16T22:07:06.707Z
Thunderforge
<p>Was this the game: <a href="http://www.games-collector.com/boardgame/w/wild-life-1st-edition-1965.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.games-collector.com/boardgame/w/wild-life-1st-edition-1965.html</a></p>

<p>Wild Life?</p>

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2015-10-28T08:01:11.123Z
I'm afraid not, although it looks like that's thematically similar.
Brondahl
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2015-10-27T22:11:28.600Z
2015-10-27T22:11:28.600Z
Andy Green
<p>This sounds very similar to <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7698/zoo-quest" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>David Attenborough's Zoo Quest</em></a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/xrqOb.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xrqOb.jpg" alt="Box Lid"></a></p>

<p>This was a board game released about 1960 in which players travel around Africa, from desert to jungle to savannah and capture animals.  The game ends when you get your animals safely to a zoo in Nairobi.  The game was a tie-in to the <em>Zoo Quest</em> programme running on the BBC at the time.</p>

<p>In the version that I have played, which was bought from a charity shop, there is no cardboard mountain in the centre, but that could have been lost over time.</p>

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2015-12-08T13:25:00.580Z
Again it looks and feels thematically similar, but is definitely not that one. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Brondahl
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2015-12-08T09:41:31.707Z
2015-12-08T09:51:38.587Z
2015-12-08T09:51:38.587Z
Chenmunka
<p>As a child (UK, born 1989 so playing it mid-to-late 90s I guess?) I played a game which (IIRC) centred around collecting animals from different environments.</p>

<p>The physical playing board was square, with I think 2 crossed pieces of card in the centre representing a mountain. In terms of playing space, the board was a circular set of playing spaces, split into quadrants representing different environments (jungle, dessert, ?savanna?, ?something else?) (possibly with playing spaces going up into the central mountain area).</p>

<p>I don't at all remember the nature of the game play except that it involved collecting animals from the different environments.</p>

<p>If anyone can identify the game, so that I can look online for a copy of it, for the nostalgia rush, I'd be really grateful :)</p>

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2015-09-08T22:18:59.970Z
Maybe you can try a Google image search of "board game collecting animals" or something and look through the pictures if you see anything familiar
Ivo
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Safari / ecology childs board game, collecting animal cards
Brondahl
# Safari / ecology childs board game, collecting animal cards

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-09-08)

As a child (UK, born 1989 so playing it mid-to-late 90s I guess?) I played a game which (IIRC) centred around collecting animals from different environments.

The physical playing board was square, with I think 2 crossed pieces of card in the centre representing a mountain. In terms of playing space, the board was a circular set of playing spaces, split into quadrants representing different environments (jungle, dessert, ?savanna?, ?something else?) (possibly with playing spaces going up into the central mountain area).

I don't at all remember the nature of the game play except that it involved collecting animals from the different environments.

If anyone can identify the game, so that I can look online for a copy of it, for the nostalgia rush, I'd be really grateful :)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Maybe you can try a Google image search of "board game collecting animals" or something and look through the pictures if you see anything familiar  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-02-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I also used to have it. Spent a while looking for it but I'm 90% sure this is the one you're looking for.

<https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34016/explore>


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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-04-16. Score: 1

[Endangered Species](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4156/endangered-species) matches most of your criteria. It was released before the 90s, has a square board, and involves collecting animals from different environments (although each group represents a different continent, rather than a biome). However, there is no mountain in the middle, but that was the part you sounded least certain about.

[![Endangered Species board game](https://i.sstatic.net/8Ac5b.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/8Ac5b.jpg)


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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-10-27. Score: 1

Was this the game: <http://www.games-collector.com/boardgame/w/wild-life-1st-edition-1965.html>

Wild Life?

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I'm afraid not, although it looks like that's thematically similar.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-12-08. Score: 1

This sounds very similar to [*David Attenborough's Zoo Quest*](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7698/zoo-quest).

[![Box Lid](https://i.sstatic.net/xrqOb.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/xrqOb.jpg)

This was a board game released about 1960 in which players travel around Africa, from desert to jungle to savannah and capture animals. The game ends when you get your animals safely to a zoo in Nairobi. The game was a tie-in to the *Zoo Quest* programme running on the BBC at the time.

In the version that I have played, which was bought from a charity shop, there is no cardboard mountain in the centre, but that could have been lost over time.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Again it looks and feels thematically similar, but is definitely not that one. Thanks for the suggestion though.  

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