If the longer wavelengths are useful because they aren't impeded by obstacles like masses of forest leaves, then the same properties probably mean ear-flaps aren't really effective to shape/concentrate them either. (Although they could be used as a filter to block out higher frequencies.)
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I looked at the picture of the elephant and thought infrasound makes sense.
The size of elephant ears would probably work better with longer wavelengths.
My guess is that the deciding factor is the throat.
Yuo can have tiny ears if it would be better, but you need a throat of the corrrect size for breathing and eating.
If the longer wavelengths are useful because they aren't impeded by obstacles like masses of forest leaves, then the same properties probably mean ear-flaps aren't really effective to shape/concentrate them either. (Although they could be used as a filter to block out higher frequencies.)
I think the large ears are for cooling the big bodies.
Yeah. Think about wooly mammoths - tiny/no external ears.