Jewish teacher on back street finding animals (7)
I believe the answer is:
rabbits
'animals' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'jewish teacher on back street' is the wordplay.
'jewish teacher' becomes 'rabbi' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'st' backwards is 'ts'.
'rabbi'+'ts'='RABBITS'
'finding' is the link.
(Other definitions for rabbits that I've seen before include "Burrowing animals" , "Warren residents" , "Poor batsmen; chatters" , "Bat ribs of the burrowers" , "Bat ribs in the mammals" .)