Bamboo-eating mammal (5)
(Other definitions for otter that I've seen before include "furry creature" , "Fish eater of the weasel family" , "Riverine mammal" , "Aquatic creature" , "River creature" .)
(Other definitions for coati that I've seen before include "consumer of flesh" , "omnivorous mammal" , "Furry animal" , "Raccoon-like animal of Central and S. America" , "Kind of raccoon" .)
(Other definitions for hyena that I've seen before include "Laughing mammal?" , "Flesh-eating dog with eerie laugh" , "African scavenger" , "Its howl sounds like laughter" , "Dog-like nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia" .)
'bamboo-eating mammal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for panda that I've seen before include "Bamboo-eater" , "Racoon-like animal" , "shoots lover" , "One bearlike" , "Black and white Chinese bear" .)
(Other definitions for shrew that I've seen before include "Vixen" , "Tamable woman?" , "Mouselike mammal with long snout" , "Small insectivore" , "Nagging woman" .)