This jackrabbit lives in high plateau grasslands of southwestern New Mexico and northern and central Mexico. It mainly eats grasses, and its white flanks are a useful field mark.
Its back is pale ochre-brown mixed with black, while the underside and flanks are white. It also has long ears; females tend to be larger than males.
It mainly eats grasses and digs up sedge tubers with its forepaws. The account describes it as nocturnal.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.