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Originally Posted by Rodimus Prime1
Thanks alot, so chinese refer to it as 羊 and it isn't really a modern day animal? correct, it's just us, that have put name to it as it is translated to english.
And us English guys ( yes I'm actually english) could translate it and have a "Year of the antelope optimus primal or cheetor"
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It's difficult to deduce exact which animal species it was but if you ask me I'd say it was more likely a goat than a sheep given the geo-biological natural history in ancient China. But who really knows?
The 12 creatures of Chinese zodiac are:
1. 鼠
lazy conventional translation: rat/mouse
It could be any type of
Muroidea
2. 牛
lazy conventional translation: cow/ox
It could be any type of
Bovinae
3. 虎
lazy conventional translation: tiger
Ok it's just tiger (Panthera tigris)
4. 兔
lazy conventional translation: rabbit
It could be any type of
Leporidae
5. 龍
conventional translation: dragon. Ok it's
DRAGON.
6. 蛇
lazy conventional translation: snake
Serpentes sound cooler.
7. 馬
lazy conventional translation: horse
Equus sounds cooler.
8. 羊
lazy conventional translation: goat/sheep
Already explaned.
9. 猴
lazy conventional translation: monkey
It could be any
Old World Monkey
10. 雞
lazy conventional translation: chicken
It could be any type of
Phasianinae. But you know it's really a cock.
11. 狗
lazy conventional translation: dog
It could be any type of
Caninae
12. 豬
lazy conventional translation: pig
It could be any type of
Suidae