Continental Toy Spaniel (Papillon & Phalene) — an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real dog
An AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a real dog.

Continental Toy Spaniel (Papillon & Phalene)

Placed on this panel from 11 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.

Measured nearest to Schipperke, 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 Continental Toy Spaniel (Papillon & Phalene).

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 Continental Toy Spaniel (Papillon & Phalene) really is to anything.

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.