Cavalier King Charles Spaniel — an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real dog
An AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a real dog.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

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

Measured nearest to English Toy Spaniel, 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 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

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 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel really is to anything.

1English Toy Spaniel2Sussex Spaniel3Cocker Spaniel4Clumber Spaniel5Field Spaniel6English Springer Spaniel7English Cocker Spaniel8Welsh Springer Spaniel9Affenpinscher10German Spaniel11Brussels Griffon12Norwegian Lundehund

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.