Herding · the Crook

Border Collie[4]

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Photograph of the Border Collie breed
Photo: Horacio Cambeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Facts

Family
Herding[2] an editorial choice of Dogtrails, not genetic data
Clade
UK Rural[1]
FCI
Standard no. 297, group 1[5] Sheepdogs
Origin
Great Britain[5] Map point 54°36′ N · 2° W[6]
Developed in
Not yet sourced
Fixed around
Not yet sourced
Other names
Bordercollie (Dutch)[3]
In the study
BORD[1] Parker et al. 2017 abbreviation

In the tree

Closest in this tree: Australian Kelpie. [1]

Also in the UK Rural clade: Australian Cattle Dog, Australian Kelpie, Australian Shepherd, Bearded Collie, Borzoi, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Greyhound, Irish Wolfhound, Italian Greyhound, Old English Sheepdog, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Rough Collie, Scottish Deerhound, Shetland Sheepdog, Whippet.

Groupings with a DNA support below 50 / 100 are merged, as in the explorer. The tree holds 161 breeds.

Sources

  1. Parker HG, Dreger DL, Rimbault M, et al. Genomic Analyses Reveal the Influence of Geographic Origin, Migration, and Hybridization on Modern Dog Breed Development. Cell Reports 19(4):697-708, 2017. read 2026-11-04
  2. Dogtrails visual system, docs/DESIGN.md §2 "Attribution des 30 races": editorial choice by breed, not a datum (docs/DESIGN.md) read 2026-11-04
  3. Wikidata Q37710 (border collie) read 2026-11-09
  4. Dogtrails display names, data/manual/display-names.json: Casing only. Wikidata label "Border collie"; Parker and FCI 297: Border Collie. (data/manual/display-names.json) read 2026-11-09
  5. FCI nomenclature, standard n° 297 "BORDER COLLIE" (unofficial export paiv/fci-breeds, commit 88aaca5) read 2026-11-09
  6. Wikidata Q145 (United Kingdom, P625) read 2026-11-09

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