Animals appearing in European musical (8)
I believe the answer is:
polecats
'animals' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'european musical' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'pole' (someone from Poland).
'musical' becomes 'Cats' (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical).
'pole'+'cats'='POLECATS'
'appearing in' is the link.
(Other definitions for polecats that I've seen before include "Places to find American skunks" , "Brown, weasel-like mammals noted for their smell" , "carnivores" , "N American skunks" .)