Safari Cards were a set of collectible cards featuring animal

Animal

Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...

s, sold by subscription mail order

Mail order

Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote method such as through a telephone call or web site. Then, the products are delivered to the customer...

 from the mid 1970s through the early 80s. Each card featured a different animal, with 4,200 different Safari Cards produced in total.

The front of each card has a color photograph of the animal, a map of the world showing where the animal lived, and several symbols that gave additional information about the animal. On the back of the cards feature several hundred words of text about the animal, as well the scientific classification of the animal including the phylum

Phylum

In biology, a phylum The term was coined by Georges Cuvier from Greek φῦλον phylon, "race, stock," related to φυλή phyle, "tribe, clan." is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. "Phylum" is equivalent to the botanical term division....

, class

Class (biology)

In biological classification, class is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order...

, order

Order (biology)

In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...

, family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

, genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

, and species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

, and also information about the animal's size, weight, gestation period

Gestation period

For mammals the gestation period is the time in which a fetus develops, beginning with fertilization and ending at birth. The duration of this period varies between species.-Duration:...

, and other information.

The cards also came with index cards to help sort the cards, pamphlets explaining information about habitat

Habitat

* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...

 and other relevant information, and a storage case for the cards. Some people received plastic storage cases that were either red or blue, but it was later switched to a cardboard storage case with wildlife images imprinted on it. For a while a jade elephant necklace was offered as an added bonus.

Obsolete taxonomy

Since Safari cards were created in the 1970s, some of the taxonomy that they used has become outdated. Some examples of this are:

• The Coelenterata
  Coelenterata
  Coelenterata is an obsolete term encompassing two animal phyla, the Ctenophora and the Cnidaria . The name comes from the Greek "koilos" , referring to the hollow body cavity common to these two phyla...
  
   phylum no longer exists.
• One celled organisms are no longer part of the animal kingdom.
• The class Pisces
  Pisces
  Pisces may refer to:*Pisces , a constellation*Pisces , an astrological sign*Fish , as an obsolete taxonomic term*OZ-09MMS Pisces, a fictional mecha in the Gundam Wing anime...
  
   no longer exists.

Index cards

Index card 1 was called "Evolutionary Classification Of Animals." It has a chart showing the relationships between different animal groups.

Index cards 2 through 24 were used to sort the animal cards. Also Additional Cards 25-36 were made. The index cards are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Index card
|-
! 2
| One celled animals
|-
! 3
| Sponges to Jellyfish

Jellyfish

Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...

|-
! 4
| Worm

Worm

The term worm refers to an obsolete taxon used by Carolus Linnaeus and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for all non-arthropod invertebrate animals, and stems from the Old English word wyrm. Currently it is used to describe many different distantly-related animals that typically have a long cylindrical...

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|-
! 5
| Annelids to Arthropods
|-
! 6
| Arthropods I
|-
! 7
| Arthropods II
|-
! 8
| Arthropods III
|-
! 9
| Arthropods IV
|-
! 10
| Molluscs
|-
! 11
| Echinoderms
|-
! 12
| Invertebrates to Vertebrates
|-
! 13
| Cartilaginous Fishes

Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nares, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone...

|-
! 14
| Bony Fishes

Osteichthyes

Osteichthyes , also called bony fish, are a taxonomic group of fish that have bony, as opposed to cartilaginous, skeletons. The vast majority of fish are osteichthyes, which is an extremely diverse and abundant group consisting of over 29,000 species...

 I
|-
! 15
| Bony Fishes II
|-
! 16
| Amphibians
|-
! 17
| Reptiles
|-
! 18
| Birds I
|-
! 19
| Birds II
|-
! 20
| Birds III
|-
! 21
| Mammals I
|-
! 22
| Mammals II
|-
! 23
| Mammals III
|-
! 24
| Mammals IV
|-
! 25
| Safari Card Index
|-
! 26
| Safari Card Structure
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! 27
| Prehistoric Animals
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! 28
| Microscopic Animals
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! 29
| Vanished Animals
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! 30
| Baby Animals
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! 31
| Man's Animals Friends
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! 32
| Farm Animals
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! 33
| Structures
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! 34
| Behaviour
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! 35
| Friends and Enemies
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! 36
| Environment
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