Animal from a shopping centre taken back (5)
I believe the answer is:
llama
'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a shopping centre taken back' is the wordplay.
'shopping centre' becomes 'mall' (I've seen this before).
'taken back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'a'+'mall'='amall'
'amall' in reverse letter order is 'LLAMA'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for llama that I've seen before include "Andean 'camel'" , "One bearing burden" , "Peruvian camel" , "S.American animal" , "South-American cud-chewing animal" .)