The Somali bushbuck form is recorded in dense forest along the Webbe River in Somaliland. Skins from Sen Morettu were described with reddish-yellow coats and white flank stripes and spots in males.
The account describes Sen Morettu skins from the Webbe River with four or five distinct flank stripes on adult and immature males, a row of spots above the belly and a few on the haunches. The body was reddish yellow, brighter on the hindquarters and darker grey-brown along the back. The source also reports variation with age, sex and individual.
A historical account places the form in dense river forest along the Webbe in Somaliland, away from the high plateau. It describes the animal as wary and difficult to approach.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.