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Animals causing a small stir? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

llamas

'animals' is the definition.
(llama is a type of animal)

'a small stir?' is the wordplay.
'stir?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'stirring' mean this).
'a'+'small'='asmall'
'asmall' anagrammed gives 'LLAMAS'.

'causing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for llamas that I've seen before include "Andean pack animals" , "domesticated guanacos" , "South American animals like the camel" , "South American animals related to camels but humpless" , "Sal and Mal for the animals" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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