This musk deer has a copper-red marking on its back. A study in the north-western Himalaya found it using conifer and mixed forests.
Its coat is gray-brown, with a coppery red marking on the back, a pale underside, and a white throat.
At study sites in north-western India, it was detected in conifer or mixed forests. The forest type differed between study areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.