A young / baby of a Mexican spiny pocket mouse is called a 'pinkie, kitten or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Mexican spiny pocket mouse group is called a 'nest, colony, harvest, horde or mischief'.
Liomys salvani is able to maintain its body weight under laboratory conditions without free water when given a diet of wild bird seed, whereas Liomys irroratus is unable to maintain its weight under these same conditions.
Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse or Liomys irroratus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern .