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A large short-tailed Madagascan lemur protected by train driver (5)

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I believe the answer is:

indri

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'a large short-tailed madagascan lemur' is the definition.
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'protected by train driver' is the wordplay.
'protected by' indicates a hidden word.
'INDRI' is hidden in the letters of 'train driver'.

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(Other definitions for indri that I've seen before include "Large Madagascan lemur" , "large primate" , "Short-tailed lemur of Madagascar" , "Species of lemur" , "Animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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