It’s backed by many from Germany, this animal (5)
I believe the answer is:
tiger
'this animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'it's backed by many from germany' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 'ti' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'backed by' says to put letters next to each other.
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'germany' with 'many' removed is 'ger'.
'ti'+'ger'='TIGER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tiger that I've seen before include "Dynamic type - striped animal" , "Ferocious cat" , "Striped feline" , "Endangered carnivore" , "Fierce, determined type" .)