Referring to the last item of a list in the next sentence

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She spotted things she'd never seen before like three-wheeled bikes
  and elephants. She caught the sight of one of them on the sidewalk.

I want to replace one with a word that would make it clear that I'm referring to an elephant.

Kristina Lopez · Accepted Answer

I'd say, "She caught sight of the latter, lumbering along the sidewalk."  "Latter" makes it clear that she means the last one in the list and I added "lumbering" because that's how I see it in my mind's eye. :-)

Referring to the last item of a list in the next sentence

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