[2] It is found in western and central China, northern India, and Nepal, where its typical habitat is montane grassland.

Its range extends from northern Nepal, and Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim in India, to western and central China, where it is present in the provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinjiang and Yunnan.

It feeds on grasses and herbs, with individual animals returning regularly at night to the same foraging areas.

[3] The woolly hare has a wide range but is a generally uncommon species, and its population is described as "very low except in a few favoured areas".

It is hunted for its meat and fur, and in some areas suitable habitat is being destroyed, resulting in fragmenting of populations and the inability of individuals to make local migrations.