A survey conducted in 2021 and published in 2022 photographed one male in Omo National Park. It recorded white markings on his dark coat and reported the park’s first record, extending the known Ethiopian range eastward.
The male photographed by a camera trap in Omo National Park showed a dark coat with white markings on the throat, underside, face, ears, and hocks. This describes the photograph of the single male recorded in the paper.
The subspecies is described as living in herds and generally occurring near water in plains, woodlands, swamps, and floodplains. The paper does not identify which habitat surrounded the photographed male in Omo.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.