Fish, guinea pigs, mice, monkeys and possum accidents make up the $20 million forked out by ACC levy-payers in animal related accidents in the last year.

Insect-related incidents alone stung ACC for more than $1m.

Animal related accidents have cost ACC levy-payers millions over the last year. Dog bites were the most common.

The figures were issued by ACC under the Official Information Act and cover the past financial year, reports Fairfax.

The figures show horse-related injuries were the most expensive but the most common injuries were from dogs.

In August 2014, a woman was attacked by a dog while walking home to her Tauranga city apartment.

She was bitten on the hand by a brown dog, believed to be a pitbull. Read more here.

In February 2014, a three-year-old was attacked by a dog on Matakana Island.

Fairfax reports one person was head-butted by an escaping pig, one bitten on the finger by a mouse, while another had their finger chewed when feeding a rabbit and one was cut under the eye by a magpie.

A person was bitten on the bum by a seal, another bitten on the foot by an eel, and one bitten on the index finger while feeding sharks. Stingrays alone accounted for 62 claims.

ACC pointed out that some animals - such as cattle - had higher claim numbers because there were more of them, not because they were inherently more dangerous.

The figures included when animals attacked or bit people as well as accidents such as when someone fell over a dog.