Are there any animals, mosquitos for example, that may on the one hand be activally eradicated due to the spreading of disease and so further, and on the other hand appear on an endangered species list?

nautilator

No, because it is illegal to kill or harm a species that is on an endangered species list. http://uspolitics.about.com/od/legislatio1/tp/Endangered_Species_Act.htm Jun 23 12, 11:48 AM

davejacobs

Another way of putting the question might be "Are there any endangered species that are harmful to man?" Jun 23 12, 12:18 PM

nautilator

That's not really the same question. Many animals can be considered harmful to man, in various capacities. Poison, aggression, carnivorous, parasitic, etc. If you remove the endangered species list requirement of the question, the guinea worm is the most obvious example. Due to eradication efforts, they're extremely rare now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis#Epidemiology Jun 23 12, 1:44 PM

Baloo55th

I believe that an endangered species was made extinct in the process of saving another very rare species. When they caught all the Californian Condors, they deloused them before breeding in captivity. Exit the Californian Condor Louse. Are there any creatures that affect humans that are on the endangered list? Obviously tigers don't come into this - but do the endangered lists go down as far as mosquito species, or chiggers or other small nasties? The CC Louse didn't get counted in - until it was gone... Jun 23 12, 2:58 PM