Head-body 2.2-2.5 m; tail 5-10 cm; weight 250-300 kg.
A stout-bodied forest herbivore with peculiar colouration of being white
in middle part and black in the front and hind parts; also when walking its
rump slightly higher than the shoulder. Limbs short and sturdy; front feet
having four toes and the hind feet three. Neck short; snout extends into a
short fleshy trunk derived from the nose and the upper lip, with nostrils at
the tip. Ears often tipped with white.