Parking in exotic Mali next to a leaping antelope (6)
I believe the answer is:
impala
'leaping antelope' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'parking in exotic mali next to a' is the wordplay.
'parking' becomes 'p'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'exotic' indicates anagramming the letters.
'next to' says to put letters next to each other.
'mali' anagrammed gives 'imal'.
'p' put within 'imal' is 'impal'.
'impal'+'a'='IMPALA'
(Other definitions for impala that I've seen before include "African resident" , "Big game" , "runner and long jumper from Africa" , "leaping creature" , "prodigious bounder" .)