Trichosurus vulpecula vs possum

Trichosurus vulpecula and possum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Trichosurus vulpecula	Yes	No	No	No
possum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, possum is a hypernym of Trichosurus vulpecula; that is, possum is a word with a broader meaning than Trichosurus vulpecula:

Trichosurus vulpecula: bushy-tailed phalanger
possum: small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

Other hypernyms of Trichosurus vulpecula include opossum, phalanger.

Trichosurus vulpecula (noun)	possum (noun)
bushy-tailed phalanger	nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
	small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails