Summer food primarily consists of grasses, forbs, sedges, and low shrubs. Pease et al. No data found. Prefers edges, heterogeneous habitats, and areas with dense understory, particularly in riparian habitats. Also found in areas with young firs with branches drooping to ground, and in patches of ceanothus and manzanita within, or bordering, fir or pine forests.
Activity primarily is crepuscular and nocturnal.
There are no data regarding similar movements in California. May equal home range. Males are generally intolerant of each other, particularly during breeding season, and fights are frequent. Breeds mid-February to June or July. The gestation period is 35-37 days.