African beast (5)
I believe the answer is:
rhino
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">african beast</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rhino that I've seen before include "The necessary" , "Large horned mammal" , "endangered creature" , "Large animal (abbr) - money (slang)" , "One with a very thick skin (abbr)" .)