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Greater Swiss Mountain Dog[3]

See it in the tree

Photograph of the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog breed
Photo: Swissy.JPG: KIKKUZZO88 derivative work: Pleple2000 (talk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Facts

Family
Mastiffs[2] an editorial choice of Dogtrails, not genetic data
Clade
Alpine[1]
FCI
Standard no. 58, group 2[4] Swiss Mountain- and Cattledogs
Origin
Switzerland[4] Map point 46°48′ N · 8°14′ E[5]
Developed in
Not yet sourced
Fixed around
Not yet sourced
Other names
Grand bouvier suisse (French), Grote Zwitserse sennenhond (Dutch)[3]
In the study
GSMD[1] Parker et al. 2017 abbreviation

In the tree

Closest in this tree: Bernese Mountain Dog. [1]

Also in the Alpine clade: Bernese Mountain Dog, Saint Bernard.

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 families, data/manual/families.json: editorial choice by breed, not a datum; drafted 2026-11-09, under review by Paul (data/manual/families.json) read 2026-11-09
  3. Wikidata Q38121 (Greater Swiss Mountain Dog) read 2026-11-09
  4. FCI nomenclature, standard n° 58 "GREAT SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG" (unofficial export paiv/fci-breeds, commit 88aaca5) read 2026-11-09
  5. Wikidata Q39 (Switzerland, P625) read 2026-11-09

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