Australian Kelpie
Placed on this panel from 6 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Australian Cattle Dog — but drop any one of the sequenced dogs behind this breed and a different one comes first, so naming a single closest breed would be a lie of precision. The top of this list is a tie.
The 12 breeds nearest to Australian Kelpie.
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 Kelpie really is to anything.
1
Australian Cattle Dog2
Collie3
Australian Shepherd4
English Shepherd5
Shetland Sheepdog6
Cardigan Welsh Corgi7
Old English Sheepdog8
Whippet9
Cairn Terrier10
Magyar Agar11
Polish Greyhound12
Catahoula Leopard Dog
Australian Cattle Dog2Collie3Australian Shepherd4English Shepherd5Shetland Sheepdog6Cardigan Welsh Corgi7Old English Sheepdog8Whippet9Cairn Terrier10Magyar Agar11Polish Greyhound12Catahoula Leopard DogCloseness 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.