This small muntjac has a bright orange head and a broad tail with long white fur underneath. It is recorded in mountain areas of Vietnam and Laos, but details of its behavior remain limited.
Its legs have black fur and its head is bright orange. The broad tail is black above and has long white fur underneath.
It feeds on browse and fruit. It is described as more common in wet evergreen forest above 1,000 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.