Order of Mammalia yielding religious figure (not lama) (4)
I believe the answer is:
imam
'lama' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for imam that I've seen before include "Mosque's prayer leader" , "Accompaniment in baroque music" , "Maim (anag)" , "Muslim prayer leader" , "Islamic prayer leader" .)