It is very closely related to Salvin's spiny pocket mouse, and has been placed in the same species group by some authors.

A Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.

A young / baby of a Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'.

Chromosomal relationships among spiny pocket mice, Liomys (Heteromyidae) from Mexico.

The spiny pocket mouse (Chaetodipus spinatus) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae.

Salvin's spiny pocket mouse (Liomys salvini) is a small to medium sized rodent.

Southern spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys australis)

Panamanian spiny pocket mouse (Liomys adspersus)

The Panamanian spiny pocket mouse is the largest species in its genus, but is otherwise very similar in appearance to other species of Liomys.

Weeds, low brush, cornfields, grass, and several trees compose the typical habitat of the Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse (Genoways 1973 in Dominguez-Castellanos and Ortega 2003).

Panamanian spiny pocket mice are nocturnal, and feed mainly on the nuts of palm trees such as Bactris and Attalea, although they also eat other plant material and some insects.

The Panamanian spiny pocket mouse (Liomys adspersus), also known as Peter's spiny pocket mouse, is a species of heteromyid rodent endemic to Panama.

Panamanian spiny pocket mice are found only in southern and western Panama, along the Pacific coast between David and Chepo, and inland as far as the headwaters of rivers flowing into the Atlantic.

Most heteromyids live in complex burrows within the deserts and grasslands of western North America, though species within the genera Heteromys and Liomys are also found in forests and extend down as far as northern South America.