The Jaliscan spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys spectabilis) is a species of heteromyid rodent endemic to Mexico.

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.

It inhabits xerophytic areas and oak forest at altitudes between 950 and 1,615 m (3,117 and 5,299 ft), and is common among low brush or grass, as well as in agricultural land.

[2] One of the major threats to the survival of this species is habitat loss caused by the timber extraction from the pine-oak forests in this region.

Even though this species has been declared endangered and protected by the Mexican law,[citation needed] they are rapidly decreasing in number with a limited severely fragmented distribution.