What is the Chinese animal in the year 2002?

2008 is year of the Rat and 2009 will be year of the Ox.

Chinese years revolve on a 12 year cycle and are as follows:

Dog

1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018

Dragon

1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012

Horse

1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014

Monkey

1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016

Pig

1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019

Ox

1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009

Rabbit

1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011

Ram

1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015

Rat

1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008

Rooster

1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017

Snake

1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013

Tiger

1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010