English Cocker Spaniel — an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real dog
An AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a real dog.

English Cocker Spaniel

Placed on this panel from 3 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.

Measured nearest to Field 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 English Cocker 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 English Cocker Spaniel really is to anything.

1Field Spaniel2Cocker Spaniel3Sussex Spaniel4Welsh Springer Spaniel5English Springer Spaniel6Clumber Spaniel7Cavalier King Charles Spaniel8German Spaniel9Boykin Spaniel10Schapendoes11American Water Spaniel12English Toy Spaniel

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.

3 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.