This deer is found mainly in the Annamite Mountains along the Laos–Vietnam border. Its main habitat is old-growth broad-leaved evergreen forest with bamboo, palms, and saplings in the understory.
Its agouti-brown coat darkens toward the back, and its legs are dark brown to blackish. The belly and underside of the short, triangular tail are white.
Its main habitat is old-growth broad-leaved evergreen forest with bamboo, palms, and saplings below. It has also been seen in wet or dry evergreen forest and mixed secondary forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.