Zoophobia, or animal phobia, is the irrational fear or aversion towards animals, both wild and domesticated. Zoophobia is the general negative reaction to animals, but it is usually divided into many subgroups, each being of a specific type of zoophobia. Although zoophobia as a whole is quite rare, types of the fear are common. As mentioned before by Sigmund Freud, an animal phobia is one of the most frequent psychoneurotic diseases among children.
| Phobia | Condition |
|---|---|
| Ailurophobia | fear of cats (or felines) |
| Alektorophobia | fear of chickens |
| Anatidaephobia | fear of ducks |
| Arachnophobia | fear of arachnids (such as spiders) |
| Batrachophobia | fear of frogs and other amphibians |
| Cynophobia | fear of dogs |
| Entomophobia | fear of insects |
| Ichthyophobia | fear of fish |
| Katsaridaphobia | fear of cockroaches |
| Herpetophobia | fear of reptiles |
| Hippophobia | fear of horses |
| Lepidopterophobia | fear of lepidopterans (butterflies/moths) |
| Myrmecophobia | fear of ants |
| Melissophobia/apiphobia | fear of bees |
| Musophobia | fear of mice and rats |
| Ophidiophobia | fear of snakes |
| Ornithophobia | fear of birds |
| Ostraconophobia | fear of shellfish |
| Spheksophobia | fear of wasps |
| Vermiphobia | fear of worms |
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