Animal paddled here by the sound of it (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
roe deer
This clue might be a double definition.
'animal' is the first definition.
(type of animal)
'paddled here by the sound of it' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for roe deer that I've seen before include "Buck perhaps" , "Creatures" , "Cervine animal" , "Small species of ungulate" , "Antlered woodland creature" .)