A coastal East African topi ranging from Somalia south to Kenya. HMW 2011 says it appears to graze at dawn and dusk and retreat to light woodland around midday.
The coat is dark and richly suffused with a mauve bloom. The belly is paler, and the blackish-gray facial blaze includes a reddish tinge and white hairs.
It uses floodplain grassland; HMW 2011 says it appears to graze at dawn and dusk and retreat to light woodland around midday.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.