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Jaliscan Spiny Pocket Mouse
The Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse (''Heteromys spectabilis'') is a species of heteromyid rodent endemic to Mexico. The specific name ''spectabilis'' means "striking", and refers to the animal's relatively bright coloration. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Liomys'', which is now recognized to be paraphyletic and has been subsumed into ''Heteromys''. The Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse is a relatively large member of its genus, measuring in head-body length, with a tail about the same length again. Adult males weigh about on average, while females are significantly smaller, weighing on average. The fur is reddish brown over the back and flanks, and consists of fine soft hair beneath, and almost entirely hidden by, a dense coat of stiff spines. The flanks are also marked with a bright ochre stripe running lengthways down the body, while the underparts are white. The mouse is found only in southeast Jalisco in Mexico. It inhabits xerophytic areas and oak forest at altitudes betwee ...
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