Southern spiny pocket mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Southern spiny pocket mouse

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Anderson, R.P.|author2=Tirira, D.|author3=Samudio, R.|name-list-style=amp |year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10005/0|title=Heteromys australis|access-date=14 January 2009}}

| genus = Heteromys

| species = australis

| authority = Thomas, 1901

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The southern spiny pocket mouse (Heteromys australis) is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.