This cottontail has a grey-brown back, white underside, and black-tipped ears. It hides in brush on western North American mountainsides and riverbanks.
Its back is grey-brown and underside white; the top of its tail is dark and the underside pale. Its short rounded ears have black tips, and its hind legs have long reddish-brown fur.
It is usually solitary and feeds near brush at dawn or dusk. It prefers grasses when available but may eat sagebrush and juniper when grass is scarce.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.