This small antelope lives in West African forests. It hides in thickets or at tree bases by day and feeds at night on fruit, leaves, flowers, and other plant foods.
It is black from the head to the shoulders, with a white band across the shoulder. The body is grayish, the underside pale, and the tail short.
It is nocturnal and hides by day in dense thickets or beside large buttress roots. It eats fallen fruit, flowers, leaves, young stems, roots, and other plant matter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.