Badak
The natives assert that a third horn is sometimes met with and in one of the young specimens procured an indication of the kind was observed.
The female has a longer and heavier head than the male, but is similar in other respects.
The skin of the Sumatran rhinoceros is much softer and more flexible than that of the Indian and is not corrugated into plates of mail. It has however some doublings or folds, particularly round the neck, shoulders and haunches, rather more distinct and defined than in Dr. Bell's drawing.
The female has a longer and heavier head than the male, but is similar in other respects.
The skin of the Sumatran rhinoceros is much softer and more flexible than that of the Indian and is not corrugated into plates of mail. It has however some doublings or folds, particularly round the neck, shoulders and haunches, rather more distinct and defined than in Dr. Bell's drawing.
They are not bold and one of the largest size has been seen to run away from a single wild dog.
Tennu. There is, however, another animal in the forests of Sumatra never yet noticed, which in size and character nearly resembles the rhinoceros, and what is said to have a single horn. This animal is distinguished by having a narrow whitish belt encircling the body, and is known to the natives of the interior by the name of Tennu.
