This hare lives in highlands such as the Tibetan Plateau, using grassland and scrub and feeding on grasses and leaves. Its coat varies with age and place.
Its coat is dense, and juveniles differ in color from adults. The color of the upper coat also varies by region, so no single pattern describes every individual.
It eats grasses and shrub leaves and rests among grasses or low shrubs, using both open highland ground and vegetated cover.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.