The Kaziranga National Park is the oldest national park in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. It was created a century ago as a forest reserve by the British Viceroy Lord Curzon, at the behest of his wife, to protect the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros. A UNESCO World Heritage site declared in 1985 the park is globally known for its importance as one of the last undisturbed habitats of the Great Indian One-Horned Rhinos. The price of a rhino horn varies from 20,000 to 35,000 Dollars in the international market. Today the park homes many endangered animals, including rhinos, tigers, elephants, wild buffaloes, swamp deer and numerous bird species. Kaziranga, Assam, India. February 22, 2009.