The jumping rabbit lives in the dry grasslands of southeastern Africa and is mainly nocturnal, but sometimes diurnal. Jumping rabbits live in the tunnels they dig during the day and smash the exits in the tunnels with dirt. Jumping rabbits can dig easily during the rainy season.

The jumping rabbit hides in a spacious cave during the day, and comes out to forage at night, mainly on plants and rhizomes For food, they like to eat barley, wheat and oats, and occasionally insects. Use your front paws to dig the rhizome out of the ground. Leaping rabbits look like tiny kangaroos, they are larger in size and weigh up to 3-4 kilograms. Leaping rabbits have well-developed hind limbs and strong jumping ability, which can jump more than 2 meters, hence the name.