A large West African hartebeest described with short, slightly glossy fawn-brown fur, dark markings on the legs, and black horns that form a U when viewed from the front.
Rode’s 1943 account describes short, close, slightly glossy fawn-brown fur, darker reddish brown around the eyes and bright red between the horns. The lower lip and chin are black; elongated black markings run up the forelegs to the knees and along the lower hindlegs; the distal third of the tail is black. Both sexes have black horns that form a U in frontal view.
Rode’s 1943 account says it lived in somewhat wooded areas and formed herds of 10–30; old males were often solitary. When the rainy season made its habitat marshy, the animals moved to drier ground and fed on leaves, grasses, and bamboo shoots.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.