Quote Originally Posted by Quintessa View Post
The nose is part of the hat mesh so that's why.

In real life, rabbit ears aren't stiff giraffe necks that can't bend, so I don't know what's up with the anti-hat business on the races lol.

Also it's a top hat, the ears can fit under it fine.
The game already supports race-specific meshes, as exemplified by the hempen sets. No technical reason a viera/hroth specific mesh with just the nose couldn't have been included.