Pont-Audemer spaniel

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

Measured nearest to Brittany — but drop any one of the sequenced dogs behind this breed and a different one comes first, so naming a single closest breed would be a lie of precision. The top of this list is a tie.

The 12 breeds nearest to Pont-Audemer 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 Pont-Audemer spaniel really is to anything.

Brittany 2

Picardy Spaniel 3

Blue Picardy Spaniel 4

Irish Water Spaniel 5

English Setter 6

Bourbonnais Pointing Dog 7

Irish Setter 8

Auvergne Pointer 9

American Water Spaniel 10

English Pointer 11

Wirehaired Pointing Griffon 12

French 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.

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.