Large animal ruined fete chaplain ran (7,8)

I believe the answer is:

african elephant

'large animal' is the definition.
(I know that African elephant is a type of elephant)

'ruined fete chaplain ran' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates an anagram.
'fete'+'chaplain'+'ran'='fetechaplainran'
'fetechaplainran' with letters rearranged gives 'AFRICAN ELEPHANT'.

(Another definition for african elephant that I've seen is " Animal".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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