Cryptic crossword clue
Mammal taking bird in both hands

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEMUR

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The straight part
We know that "Mammal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case mammal = lemur.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LEMUR mean?

LEMUR noun
  1. Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
  2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
  3. A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

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