This rabbit is known only from San José Island, Mexico. Its head and back are pale yellow-gray, its ears are gray, its forelegs are ochre, and its underside is white. It is recorded in scrub and cactus areas on the island.
The head and back are pale fawn or yellow-gray, the ears are gray, the forelegs are clay-ochre, the feet are darker, and the underside is white.
On San José Island it is recorded in spiny and non-spiny scrub, among cholla and cardon cacti, and sometimes in low woodland. The UNAM page says its detailed biology is not known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.