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Representing Nepal, the largest living land animal (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elephant

'largest living land animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'representing nepal the' is the wordplay.
'representing' indicates an anagram (letters must be re-presented in a new way).
'nepal'+'the'='nepalthe'
'nepalthe' anagrammed gives 'ELEPHANT'.

(Other definitions for elephant that I've seen before include "Animal with a trunk" , "The symbol of the Republican Party" , "African or Inidan pachyderm" , "Large animal (in the room?)" , "The animal that never forgets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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