Animal phobias

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List of Phobias

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An animal phobia is a fear of certain animals, a category of specific phobias. While Zoophobia is generic term for animal phobia.

Specific animal phobias include:

• Acarophobia - fear/phobia of mites.
• Ailurophobia or gatophobia – fear/phobia of cats.
• Apiphobia – fear/phobia of bees (also known as Melissophobia).
• Arachnophobia – fear/phobia of spiders.
• Chiroptophobia – fear/phobia of bats.
• Cynophobia – fear/phobia of dogs.
• Entomophobia – fear/phobia of insects.
• Equinophobia – fear/phobia of horses (also known as Hippophobia).
• Herpetophobia - fear/phobia of reptiles.
• Ichthyophobia – fear/phobia of fish.
• Musophobia – fear/phobia of mice and/or rats.
• Ophidiophobia – fear/phobia of snakes.
• Ornithophobia – fear/phobia of birds.
• Scoleciphobia – fear/phobia of worms.
• Selachophobia - fear/phobia of sharks.