dasyurid vs marsupial

dasyurid and marsupial both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dasyurid	Yes	No	No	No
marsupial	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, marsupial is a hypernym of dasyurid; that is, marsupial is a word with a broader meaning than dasyurid:

dasyurid: small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
marsupial: mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

Other hypernyms of dasyurid include pouched mammal.

dasyurid (noun)	marsupial (noun)
small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania	mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

dasyurid (adjective)	marsupial (adjective)
	of or relating to the marsupials