Havanese — an AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of a real dog
An AI-generated illustration — not a photograph of a real dog.

Havanese

Placed on this panel from 3 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 0.7% of this tree.

The 12 breeds nearest to Havanese.

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 Havanese really is to anything.

1Maltese2Coton de Tulear3Bichon Frise4Bolognese5Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka6Biewer Terrier7Estrela Mountain Dog8Spanish Water Dog9German Spitz (Klein & Mittel)10German Spitz (Standard & Giant)11Xoloitzcuintli12Catalburun

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.