KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — A three-year-old English Setter from Tucson, Arizona, with a 9.49 centimeters tongue has been crowned the dog with the longest tongue by the Guinness Book of Records.

The unusual length of Bisbee's organ was first noticed by its owner Ericka Johnson and she proceeded to send a picture of the dog panting to her father and sister.

One of them later commented that the length could be a world record, said Ericka in a statement issued by Guinness.

Although Bisbee’s tongue is quite the mouthful, it is not very noticeable until he opens his muzzle.

"When he’s exercising, his tongue comes out quite aways and my wife said that’s excessively long,” said Ericka's husband Jay.

Ericka said she tried measuring the tongue while Bisbee was panting but could not get an accurate reading.

It was until the pooch was sedated for an x-ray that she could get an actual measurement.

For this record, a dog's tongue is measured from the tip of the snout.

The dog must have its tongue out of its snout as far as comfortably possible, when a veterinarian will then measure from the tip up to where it is first visible out of the snout.