Year of the Mouse - tenacious, intellectual, and sociable, but can be manipulative, envious, and self-destructive
Year of the Tiger - powerful, passionate, and colorful, but can be unpredictable, aggressive, and impatient.
Year of the Monkey - inventive, flexible, and competitive, but can be snobbish, egotistical, and jealous.

Mouse/Rat can be translated either way from the Chinese to English translations as the word covers both in the original Chinese. The monkey is a Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey.