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First animal starting going out is with some long-legged, burrowing rodents (7)

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I believe the answer is:

agoutis

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

'first animal starting going out is' is the wordplay.
'first animal' becomes 'a' (1st letter of 'animal').
'starting' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'going' is 'g'.
'a'+'g'+'out'+'is'='AGOUTIS'

'with some long-legged burrowing' is the link.
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(Other definitions for agoutis that I've seen before include "Rodents" , "More than one animal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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