American Bulldog — an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real dog
An AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a real dog.

American Bulldog

Placed on this panel from 5 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.

Measured nearest to Boxer, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 0.7% of this tree.

The 12 breeds nearest to American Bulldog.

The line starts at the tightest pairing this panel holds and ends at the widest separation measured on it, so how far along these marks sit is the answer to how close American Bulldog really is to anything.

1Boxer2Olde English Bulldogge3Continental Bulldog4Boston Terrier5Majorca Mastiff6American Staffordshire Terrier7French Bulldog8Staffordshire Bull Terrier9Miniature Bull Terrier10Dogo Canario11Bull Terrier12Boerboel

Closeness is measured from the genomes, and nothing else. It has no units and no dates. Two breeds sitting close together means their lines separate late in this data. It does not mean either one came from the other.

5 sequenced dogs is a thin sample. This breed’s exact neighbours could move if more were added; the neighbourhood is steadier than the order within it.