Animal also carried by father (5)
I believe the answer is:
panda
'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'also carried by father' is the wordplay.
'also' becomes 'and' (I've seen this before).
'carried by' indicates putting letters inside.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa is a kind of father).
'and' inserted inside 'pa' is 'PANDA'.
(Other definitions for panda that I've seen before include "Bear-like creature" , "Black and white beast" , "Police car" , "Black and white Chinese bear" , "Chinese animal" .)