 Its long, slender legs are fawn-coloured and the head is yellowish red with black eyelids and white eye rings.The beira has disproportionately large ears, which are 15 cm long and 7.5 cm across with white fur on their interiors.Only the males have horns which are 7.5–10 cm long, straight spikes which grow out vertically from near the sides of the ears.