Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tapoa tafa \Ta*po"a ta"fa\ (Zo["o]l.)
   A small carnivorous marsupial ({Phascogale penicillata})
   having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of
   long hairs at the end; -- called also {brush-tailed
   phascogale}.