numbat vs dasyurid

numbat and dasyurid both are nouns.

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

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

numbat: small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
dasyurid: small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania

Other hypernyms of numbat include dasyurid marsupial.

numbat (noun)	dasyurid (noun)
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct	small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania