Pointy ears

Some examples are the cat, vampire bats,[4] civets and genets of the viverridae family,[5] red pandas,[6] and African bush pigs.

[1][2][3] Pointy ears have been a characteristic of many creatures in folklore, such as the French croquemitaine, the Brazilian curupira,[11] and the Japanese earth spider.

[12] Pointy or pointed ears have been a feature of characters on art dating back at least to the times of Ancient Greece[13] and medieval Europe.

[24][25] This characteristic has been adopted into the Japanese anime and manga art style, where pointy ears are also a common trope of fantasy characters.

[26][27] Manga and anime elves in particular are distinguished by very prominently displayed pointed ears, often drawn larger and more distinctly visible, as well as more angled, than in the Western works.