Odontotyrannos

[2] According to the Latin Letter from Alexander, the creature had a black, horse-like head with three horns protruding from its forehead, and exceeded the size of an elephant.

It was undeterred by the sight of fire, killing twenty-six[b] Macedonians and incapacitating fifty-two before being put down by thrusts from hunting spears.

[e][11][12] In the Ethiopic version, it is an elephant-sized beast with tusks that attacks; this creature is unnamed but corresponds to the odontotyrannus.

When it is eviscerated, the Macedonians discover among its stomach contents scorpions as well as large fish the size of an ox.

Budge suggested it may be a crocodilian native to the Ganges, and hinted the Syriac name might be a corruption of the makara, a composite creature in Hindu mythology.