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Animals in oriental countries (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elands

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

'oriental countries' is the wordplay.
'oriental' becomes 'e'.
'countries' becomes 'lands' ('land' can be a synonym of 'country').
'e'+'lands'='ELANDS'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for elands that I've seen before include "African antelopes with twisted horns" , "Animals" , "Large African antelopes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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