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Animal in far part of the territory (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eland

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'animal' is the definition.
(eland is a type of antelope)

'far part of the territory' is the wordplay.
'far part of' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the territory' becomes 'land' (land is a kind of territory).
'e'+'land'='ELAND'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eland that I've seen before include "Wild beast" , "Spiral-horn antelope" , "Antelope seen by Africans" , "Large spiral-horned African antelope" , "One browses in the African plain" .)

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