== Should this article be renamed? == 

 Is "Chinese zodiac" even a correct term? The animals of the "chinese zodiac" have nothing to do with constellations of the Zodiac (except for the Ox or Taurus, but even this is probably a pure coincidence.)  At least in some old encyclopediae, this series of 12 pictures of animals, used in calendars, is known as the Dodecaoros. Moreover, they suggest that the same series has been used, not only in China and East Asia, but also in "Greek-Egyptian times", which probably means Alexandria of the Hellenistic period. -