What are the 12 animals that represent the Chinese years?

The Chinese Zodiac is based on the lunar year of a persons' birth and runs in a twelve year cycle. Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Goat Monkey Rooster Dog Pig

The twelve Chinese Zodiac signs are all animals, and are the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig.