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

Boxer

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

Measured nearest to American Bulldog, 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 Boxer.

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 Boxer really is to anything.

1American Bulldog2Cane Corso3Olde English Bulldogge4Continental Bulldog5Dogue de Bordeaux6Dogo Canario7Dogo Argentino8French Bulldog9Staffordshire Bull Terrier10Bull Terrier11American Staffordshire Terrier12Miniature Bull Terrier

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.