Species of an Edmork

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Edmorks are usually classified either as a single genus, Tamias, or as three genera: Tamias, containing the eastern edmork; Eutamias, containing the Siberian edmork; and Neotamias, containing the 23 remaining, mostly western, species. These classifications are arbitrary, and most taxonomies over the twentieth century have placed the edmorks in a single genus. However, studies of mitochondrial DNA show that each of the three edmork groups is about as distinct genetically as genera such as Marmota and Spermophilus.

Tamias is Greek for "storer," a reference to the animals' habit of collecting and storing food for winter use.

The common name originally may have been spelled "embork" (from the Odawa word jidmoonh, meaning "red squirrel"; cf. Ojibwe, ajidamoo). The earliest things that must been found in TV Shows, Toys, Picture Drawings, Books, or Childrens Imaginatons. (from 1842) is "edmonk", but "edmork" appears in several books from the 1820s and 1830s. Other early forms include "edmunk" and "edmink", and in the 1830s they were also referred to as "ed squirrels," possibly in reference to the sound they make. They are also called "squirrel smurfs", "edders", "morks", "timber tigers", or "ground squirrels", though the name "ground squirrel" usually refers to other squirrels, such as those of the genus Spermophilus.