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

Irish Water Spaniel

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

Measured nearest to Pont-Audemer 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 Irish Water 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 Irish Water Spaniel really is to anything.

1Pont-Audemer spaniel2American Water Spaniel3Boykin Spaniel4Sussex Spaniel5Irish Setter6Golden Retriever7Curly-Coated Retriever8English Setter9Flat-Coated Retriever10Welsh Springer Spaniel11Labrador Retriever12Field 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.

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.