Maltese
Placed on this panel from 4 sequenced dogs, among 258 breeds.
Measured nearest to Havanese, 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 Maltese.
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 Maltese really is to anything.
Havanese2
Coton de Tulear3
Bolognese4
Biewer Terrier5
Bichon Frise6
Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka7
Brussels Griffon8
Lowchen9
Lhasa Apso10
Affenpinscher11
Portuguese Water Dog12
English Toy SpanielCloseness 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.