True possums are found only in Australia and some of the islands of Oceania. They are quite different to the North American opossum. Possums live in trees hollows and logs in their natural habitat, which is bushland, wet sclerophyll forest and tall eucalypt forest, and temperate rainforest.
Dissect definition, to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like. See more.
Technically, that would meet the standard definition of deconstruct. But in culinary terms, deconstruct means to break apart and then reconstruct in a new manner. Originally, deconstructed could be the epitomy of the chef's art.