mˈɛɹ ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ðə tʃˈiːfs dᵻskɹˈɪpʃən ʌvðɪ ˈænɪməl æz bˈiːɪŋ "tˈuː fˈiːt lˈɔŋ ænd æz θˈɪk æz ɐ mˈænz ɹˈɪst; kˈʌlɚ bɹˈaʊn, stɹˈaɪpt lˈɔndʒɪtˌuːdɪnəli wɪð dˈʌl ɹˈɛd".
Mair reported the chiefs description of the animal as being "two feet long and as thick as a man’s wrist; colour brown, striped longitudinally with dull red".