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Wild animal seen in African country, mostly occupying wood (mostly) (8)

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I believe the answer is:

pangolin

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'wild animal' is the definition.
'pangolin' can be an answer for 'animal' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'wild' bit.

'african country mostly occupying wood mostly' is the wordplay.
'african country' becomes 'angola' (country in Africa).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'occupying' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters occupy or enter the word).
'wood mostly' becomes 'pin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'angola' with its final letter taken off is 'angol'.
'angol' put inside 'pin' is 'PANGOLIN'.

'seen in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pangolin that I've seen before include "Scaly anteater - a long pin (anag)" , "Scaly toothless mammal - nip along (anag)" , "animal" , "Creature" , "Insectivore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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