of a Zoological Collection made in Sumatra. 



They are not bold, and one of the largest size has been seen 

 to run away from a single wild Dog. 



The one-horned Rhinoceros of India is not known to the na- 

 tives of this part of Sumatra ; and the single horns which are oc- 

 casionally procured, appear to be merely the larger horns of the 

 two-horned species separated from the small one. There is, 

 however, another animal in the forests of Sumatra never yet no- 

 ticed, which in size and character nearly resembles the Rhino- 

 ceros, and which 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. j^J It has been seen at several places ; and the de- 

 scriptions given of it by people quite unconnected with each 

 other, coincide so nearly, that no doubt can be entertained of 

 the existence of such an animal. It is said to resemble in some 

 particulars the Buffalo, and in others the Badak or Rhinoceros. 

 A specimen has not yet been procured ; but I have several 

 parties on the look-out, and have little doubt of soon being able 

 to forward a more accurate description from actual examina- 

 tion. 



It should be remarked, that the native name, Tennu, has, until 

 lately, been understood to belong to the Tapir. It is so applied 

 at Malacca, and by some of the people at Beneoolen. In the 

 interior however, where the animals are best known, the white- 

 banded Rhinoceros is called Tennu, and the Tapir Gindol, and 

 by some Babi Alu. It is not impossible, that, as both animals 

 have white bands, the names may have been confounded by 

 people little in the habit of seeing either, and deriving their in- 

 formation solely from report. In a country like Sumatra, where 

 the inhabitants, in a great measure shut out from general com- 

 munication, are divided into an infinity of tribes, speaking diffe- 

 rent dialects, a perfect consistency or uniformity of nomencla- 

 ture 



