And here is the answer to the ear's enigma!
Some years ago I drew a pictures on special contest - by the rules demanded to create a new world with characters & envaironments.
That's who lived in my world - Griffins and strange animals with silver fur and long ears, similar to a cat or a rabbit.
(I still don't know what's their name...)
These lived like good friends; Griffins hunted and guarded the borders of ig silver aimals cared about the cubs - owned and little griffins too.