Animals Quiz

[Butterbun]

Please help if you can.
Animals quiz
1. My French gets saucy prod (8)
2. Bow-legged water bird? hardly(9)
3. eg xj (6)
4. Not for the ladies on the parade ground (8)
5. pre-natal home at this creature's development (6)

Thanks in advance.

[Wharton]

3 jaguar

[Wharton]

1 mongoose

[mallyh]

4 mandrill

[mallyh]

5 womb at

[mallyh]

2 bandicoot

[Butterbun]

Thank you Mallyh and Wharton. Amazing what different eyes can see. Thought of mongoose but couldn't tie in with 'goose' so thanks again. These really stumped me. I do try to work it all out myself as I love doing the quizzes but get stuck at times.