Animal identified from front pair of paws? (5)

I believe the answer is:

panda

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'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'front pair of paws?' is the wordplay.
'front' suggests taking the first letters.
'of paws?' becomes 'anda' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letter of 'pair' is 'p'.
'p'+'anda'='PANDA'

'identified from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for panda that I've seen before include "WWF symbol" , "Asian animal" , "Chinese animal" , "Black-eyed animal" , "Chinese bear-like mammal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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