The cat family is represented by the biggest cat of them all; the king of the jungle, so to speak - Leo the lion.
No, the cat is not a Chinese Zodiac Animal.
The cat missed the zodiac race, but sometimes replaces the rabbit as the 4th sign of the zodiac.
There is a Zodiac sign for Leo the lion, which is a type of cat.
In the Chinese Zodiac legend, the cat was too busy sleeping to make his way to the big meeting. So it is not a zodiac animal.
In the story of the Chinese zodiac, the animals would meet to be part of the zodiac. The rat tricked the cat by telling him the meeting was the day after. So the cat stayed home not knowing of the trick. That is why the cat is not part of the Chinese zodiac.
There is no year of cat in the Chinese zodiac.
Kyo Sohma from the anime "Fruits Basket" is portrayed as being born on January 1st, making him a Capricorn in terms of his zodiac sign.
God invited all the animals (of the zodiac) to a party the next day. The Rat, told the Cat that the party was in two days. When the day of the party arrived, all the animals arrived, except the cat. The cat was in bed, dreaming of a party that would never happen. When God found out that the cat skipped his party, he was angry, so he excluded the cat from the zodiac.
Kyo Sohma
the cat - apparently the sun god wanted a race to see who was best. everybody was sure the cat was going to win, but then the rat pushed it out of the way (go rat!). so the cat is not in the zodiac.
If you remember the month and day your cat or dog was born in, then yes, they can have zodiac signs.
In Chinese astrology, the rat and the cat are not natural friends because the rat tricked the cat out of a position in the zodiac. This mythology is reflected in "Fruits Basket" as the rat, Yuki, and the cat, Kyo, have a strained relationship due to the history between their zodiac animals.