This small antelope occurs in dry areas of Ethiopia, Somalia, and northeastern Sudan. Coat color varies among subspecies, and it browses mainly on acacia.
The back ranges from reddish brown to yellowish gray among subspecies, with paler flanks. The legs, nose, crown, and backs of the ears are rusty red, while the chin and central belly are whitish.
It lives in vegetated dry settings such as thick scrub, stony slopes, and low shrubland, and browses mainly on acacia.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.