This bushbuck is recorded in Ethiopia’s highland forests and is described with white patches on the throat and legs. In the Wof-Washa Forest study, young leaves were the plant part most often recorded as eaten.
The description cited by the 2015 paper gives a long, dark brown coat, white patches on the throat, base of the neck and inner legs, and a few white thigh spots. It describes a reddish brown head, a black nose stripe, an incomplete white chevron between the eyes, and no pale dorsal markings.
At Wof-Washa Forest, the study recorded bushbucks in natural forest, plantation forest and Erica woodland. Counts per transect were highest in natural forest and lowest in Erica woodland. The study recorded 22 food plant species; young leaves made up 64% of the plant parts recorded as eaten.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.