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Animal stereotype may refer to:

  • Stereotypy (non-human), repetitive behaviours of animals; the term has two meanings:
    • repetitive "abnormal" behaviours due to abnormal conditions with no obvious function
    • repetitive normal behaviours due to physiological or anatomical constraints
  • Animal epithet, an epithet that compares a human to an animal basing on an animal trait thought as typical to this type of animal
  • Anthropomorphism, ascribing a particular category of animals of human traits, emotions, or intentions.
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