Coton de Tulear — an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real dog
An AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a real dog.

Coton de Tulear

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

Measured nearest to Maltese, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 1.1% of this tree.

The 12 breeds nearest to Coton de Tulear.

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 Coton de Tulear really is to anything.

1Maltese2Havanese3Bolognese4Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka5Biewer Terrier6Bichon Frise7Turkish Mastiff8Kars9Xoloitzcuintli10Akbash11Lhasa Apso12Peruvian Hairless

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.