Stick back the animals with the other animals (7)
I believe the answer is:
dormice
'the other animals' is the definition.
'dormice' can be an answer for 'animals' (dormouse is a kind of animal). I'm unsure of the 'the other' bit.
'stick back the animals' is the wordplay.
'stick' becomes 'rod' (I've seen this before).
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'the animals' becomes 'mice' (mouse is a kind of animal).
'rod' backwards is 'dor'.
'dor'+'mice'='DORMICE'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dormice that I've seen before include "Little hibernating rodents" , "creatures" , "little things?" , "Bushy-tailed rodents" , "They will hibernate" .)