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Sara Wilcox, a Guinness World Records spokeswoman said on Tuesday that Frank and Louie, a two-faced cat with two mouths, two noses and three eyes, turned 12 years old this month, setting the record for "longest surviving Janus cat," Reuters reported.

The name "Janus cat" was coined by British zoologist Dr. Karl Shuker. The name is based on Janus, the two-faced Roman god of transitions, gates and doorways.

The disorder, also known as diprosopia, has been recorded multiple times in the domestic cat, but few of the resulting two-faced kittens have survived into adulthood.

Frank and Louie was born on September 8, 1999 and his remarkable life will be commemorated in Guinness World Records' new 2012 edition, Wilcox said.

The cat has one brain, so both faces act in unison. Two of his eyes -- the outermost ones -- are normal, while the middle eye is larger but doesn't function.

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双面猫创吉尼斯纪录

       据路透社报道，吉尼斯世界纪录的女发言人萨拉•威尔科克斯周二表示，长着两张嘴、两个鼻子、三只眼的双面猫——弗兰克和路易在本月满12岁，从而创造了纪录，成为“存活时间最长的杰纳斯猫”。

       “杰纳斯猫”这个词由英国动物学家卡尔•遐克尔发明，取名自罗马双面转换的门户神。

       该症又称为双面畸形症，有记载的患此症的家猫只有数只，但几乎没有双面小猫活到成年。

       威尔科克斯说，弗兰克和路易生于1999年9月8日，它不平凡的一生将会记载在《吉尼斯世界纪录》2012年版中。

       这只猫有一个大脑，所以两张脸同时运动。它的三只眼里，边上的两只是正常的，中间的眼睛虽大，却不起作用。

(China.org.cn September 29, 2011)