As we wandered through a valley in a South-German forest, we stumbled across this skeleton:

[![Skeleton][1]][1]

A few key-facts:

 - Big eyes
 - It had two sharp "ear like" bones coming out of its skull
 - The pictured remains were about 30-40cm long
   - Please mention the foot in the upper part of the image, which is ...
     - EU 45
     - GB 10,5
     - US 11,5

I don't have an idea what this might have been. Can anyone help out?

  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/DXTLy.jpg