Animal comes from Asia and is taken in by father (5)
I believe the answer is:
panda
'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'and is taken in by father' is the wordplay.
'is taken in by' is an insertion indicator.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'and' inserted within 'pa' is 'PANDA'.
'comes from asia' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for panda that I've seen before include "One eating bamboo" , "Black-eyed animal" , "Giant, red, Chinese mammal" , "Black and white beast" , "One bearlike" .)