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Mammal seeing reptile slip off (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pipistrelle

'mammal' is the definition.
(pipistrelle is a kind of mammal)

'reptile slip off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'reptile'+'slip'='reptileslip'
'reptileslip' is an anagram of 'PIPISTRELLE'.

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pipistrelle that I've seen before include "Type of bat" , "Small variety of bat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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