This small antelope is recorded in forest areas of Central and East Africa. It is brown, with grayish shoulders and no dark back stripe. A small reddish tuft sits on its head.
The body is brown with grayish nape and shoulders. It lacks a dorsal stripe and has a long narrow head, stout ringed horns, and a small reddish crown tuft.
The guide records it in lowland primary and older secondary forest, as well as some montane forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.