Sunt illic multæ ac mirabiles bestiæ, quarum partem persequemur.

Leucrocotta velocitate præcedit feras universas; ipsa asini feri magnitudine, cervi clunibus, pectore ac cruribus leoninis, capite melium, bisulca ungula, ore ad usque aures dehiscente, dentium locis osse perpetuo. Hæc quod ad formam; voce autem loquentium hominum sonos æmulatur.

There are many wonderful beasts in India. We will examine a few of their great number. The leucocrota excels all beasts in speed. It is the size of a wild ass, and has the haunches of a deer. It has the breast and legs of a lion, the head of a badger, and cloven hooves. Its mouth gapes from ear to ear, and it has continual bone in place of teeth. This is its shape: in voice it imitates the sound of men speaking.