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Its head is in profile, with a possibly re-engraved muzzle. 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 ...
The gland is most clearly visible in dominant males. [10] The rock hyrax has a pointed head, short neck, and rounded ears. It has long, black whiskers on its muzzle. [11] The rock hyrax has a prominent pair of long, pointed tusk-like upper incisors, which are reminiscent of the elephant, to which the hyrax is distantly related.
When afraid, the ears are folded flat, and are often combined with baring of the teeth and a flattening of the mane. When attacked by other hyenas or by wild dogs, the hyena lowers its hindquarters. Before and during an assertive attack, the head is held high with the ears cocked, mouth closed, mane erect and the hindquarters high.
The basic werejaguar motif combines a cleft head, slanting almond-shaped eyes with round irises, and a downturned open mouth with a flared upper lip and toothless gums. [5] This motif was first described in print by Marshall Saville in 1929 and expanded upon by artist and archaeologist Miguel Covarrubias in his 1946 and 1957 books.
Simurgh – A griffin-like creature of Persian mythology with the head of a dog, the body of a lion, the tail of a peacock, and the wings of a hawk. Taweret – The hippopotamus-headed Egyptian Goddess. Wolpertinger – A creature with the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the legs and wings of a pheasant.
Nocturnal animals (for example, tarsiers) and animals that live in open landscapes have larger eyes. The vision of forest animals is not so sharp, and in burrowing underground species (moles, gophers, zokors), eyes are reduced to a greater extent, in some cases (marsupial moles, mole rats, blind mole), they are even covered by a skin membrane.
Cropped and rotated head of the ermine in Leonardo's Lady with an Ermine. Head of a Bear is thought to have been executed by a young Leonardo da Vinci (b. 1452) circa 1480. . It is a close-up drawing of a bear's head on a 7-by-7-centimetre (2.8 in × 2.8 in) piece of pink-beige pap
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.