Kayan yumbu na dabba sun fi sauran ayyukan yumbu rai rai. Yawancin waɗannan ayyukan yumbu galibi ƙananan abubuwa ne, kuma wannan nau'in aikin ya fi kusanci da rayuwar mutanen da, yana sa ayyukan su kasance masu haske da ƙimar bincike. Abubuwan yumbu na dabbobi sun haɓaka cikin sauri a lokacin daular Tang da Song kuma sun shiga cikin gidajen mutane.
Abin da ake kira archetype na dabba yana nufin tushen wahayi a cikin tsarin samar da zane-zane na yumbura na dabba, wanda za'a iya raba shi zuwa nau'i hudu: na gida, namun daji, dabbobin da ba su da kyau da kuma dabbobin tatsuniyoyi. Bisa ga bayanan da ke cikin littafin “Porcelain Handbook”, rarrabuwar kambun dabbobi ya kasu kusan iri hudu na sama, wanda dabbobin gida da dabbobin tatsuniyoyi suka fi yawa. Daga cikinsu, dabbobin gida sun fi zama dabbobin gida da mutane suke kiwon su, kamar kaji, agwagi, goggo, karnuka, alade, da sauransu. Mutane sukan lika jin daɗin girbi da sha’awar abin duniya akan yumbun dabbobi. A cikin siffar ƙirar dabbobin tatsuniyoyi, wannan fil akan sha'awar mutane don ingantacciyar rayuwa da kuma marmarin rui mai albarka.
