zebra-opossumhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zebra-opossum_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezebra opossum, n.
Revised 2018

zebra opossumnoun

Now historical and rare.
  1. 1808–
    The thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus; cf. zebra wolf n.
    1. 1808
      It is vulgarly called the Zebra Opossum, Zebra Wolf, &c.
      Transactions Linnean Society vol. 9 175
    2. 1855
      T [hylacinus] cynocephalus,..the Tasmanian Wolf, Zebra Opossum, and Zebra Wolf.
      English Cyclopaedia, Natural History vol. III. 697
    3. 2005
      In contrast with the elusive and mysterious zebra opossum, the devil was easily found and studied.
      M. Mittlebach & M. Crewdson, Carnivorous Nights (2006) xxvi. 266

Originally published as part of the entry for zebra, n.

zebra, n. was revised in June 2018.