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An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking. They are found in butterflies, reptiles, cats, birds and fish. Eyespots could be explained in at least three different ways. They may be a form of mimicry in which a spot on the body of an animal resembles an eye of a different animal, to deceive potential predator or prey species.
A stone Olmec werejaguar, showing common werejaguar characteristics including a downturned mouth, almond-shaped eyes, pleated ear bars, [clarification needed] a headdress with headband, and a crossed-bars icon on the chest. The werejaguar was both an Olmec motif and a supernatural entity, perhaps a deity.
[9]: 121 Epona was a female Gallo-Roman god, revered as the protector of horses. [15]: 9 Both are of Epona sidesaddle with a bunch of grapes in her right hand. Only the Reims statue has a (fragmentary) serpent in its left hand; the attribute in the Maaseik statue's left hand is now missing. Neither have any indication of an animal ear.
The Gerenuk stages of growth have a timespan from 4 months to 2.5 years: at four months, their shoulder height is about two-thirds of adult female, at six months their shoulder height is about three-quarters of adult female, at eight months their horn tips are clearly visible (about 1cm long), at one year their shoulder height is nearly equal ...
The red-eared guenon is a small, colourful monkey with distinctive facial markings which involve blue fur around its eyes, a brick-red nose and ears, and yellow cheeks. The silky fur on the body consists of banded brown and pale hairs with grey limbs and a long, red tail.
African bush elephant with ears spread in a threat or attentive position and visible blood vessels Elephant ear flaps, or pinnae , are 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) thick in the middle with a thinner tip and supported by a thicker base.
The ear is typical of the spotted hyena, as it is rounded. An image in the Le Gabillou Cave in Dordogne shows a deeply engraved zoomorphic figure with a head in frontal view and an elongated neck with part of the forelimb in profile. It has large round eyes and short, rounded ears which are set far from each other.
Prominent facial features include the brown forehead, short ears marked with black, prominent preorbital glands near the eyes, and white lips and chin. The horns , short and spiky, present only on males, typically measure 7.5–9 cm (3– 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in); the maximum recorded horn length is 15.9 cm ( 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in).