cuscus vs possum

cuscus and possum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cuscus	Yes	No	No	No
possum	Yes	No	No	No

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

cuscus: woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
possum: small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

Other hypernyms of cuscus include opossum, phalanger.

cuscus (noun)	possum (noun)
woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia	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