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Naturalist's Tibetan animal in northerly green, rolling lea (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

emile zola

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This clue could be a double definition.

'naturalist's' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'tibetan animal in northerly green rolling lea' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for emile zola that I've seen before include ""Nana" author" , "Wrote J'Accuse in defence of Alfred Dreyfus" , "French author" , "novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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