Jewish teacher on back street finding animals (7)
I believe the answer is:
rabbits
'animals' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'jewish teacher on back street' is the wordplay.
'jewish teacher' becomes 'rabbi' (I've seen this before).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'st' in reverse letter order is 'ts'.
'rabbi'+'ts'='RABBITS'
'finding' is the link.
(Other definitions for rabbits that I've seen before include "Burrowing animals" , "Warren residents" , "Poor batsmen; chatters" , "Bat ribs of the burrowers" , "Bat ribs in the mammals" .)