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.