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

Dogue de Bordeaux

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

Measured nearest to Boxer, and nothing among the other 257 breeds is nearer. The smallest branch holding them both covers 5.8% of this tree.

The 12 breeds nearest to Dogue de Bordeaux.

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 Dogue de Bordeaux really is to anything.

1Boxer2Continental Bulldog3Olde English Bulldogge4American Bulldog5Bullmastiff6Staffordshire Bull Terrier7Mastiff8French Bulldog9Miniature Bull Terrier10Boston Terrier11Bull Terrier12Majorca Mastiff

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.