Burmese Brow-antlered Deer one of three subspecies Cervus eldii, i.e. Cervus eldi thamin, in summer coat, which is orange-red to golden-brown, with pale patches and a dark brown dorsal line, though its fur turns dark brown in winter.

Its legs are long and thin, and males have strongly curved antlers, of which the main beams grow more backwards than upwards and with a long brow tine, which gave this species its name.