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

Swedish Elkhound

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

Measured nearest to Swedish White Elkhound, 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 Swedish Elkhound.

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 Swedish Elkhound really is to anything.

1Swedish White Elkhound2Norwegian Elkhound3Swedish Lapphund4Norwegian Buhund5Norrbottenspitz6Icelandic Sheepdog7Finnish Spitz8Akbash9Turkish Zerdava10Central Asian Shepherd Dog11Turkish Mastiff12Swedish Vallhund

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.