Australian Cattle Dog — an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real dog
An AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a real dog.

Australian Cattle Dog

Placed on this panel from 4 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.

Measured nearest to Australian Kelpie, 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 Australian Cattle Dog.

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 Australian Cattle Dog really is to anything.

1Australian Kelpie2Collie3Australian Shepherd4Shetland Sheepdog5French Bulldog6English Shepherd7Old English Sheepdog8Scottish Deerhound9Olde English Bulldogge10Continental Bulldog11Staffordshire Bull Terrier12Whippet

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.

4 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.