As the Tauri inhabited only mountainous regions of southern Crimea, at first the name was used only for this southern part, but later it was extended to the whole peninsula.

It is widespread in Europe in rivers Salgir, Alma, and Bel Bek drainages (southern Crimea) in Ukraine.

It is found from south-western Europe and France to Germany, Austria, Italy, western Ukraine, the Balkan Peninsula, the southern Crimea, the Caucasus and Transcaucasus.

The Russian fleet, under Ushakov, sailed from Sevastopol on 13 July 1790 for the southern Crimea, after hearing a report that the Ottoman fleet had been sighted there.

In some cases, such as the Byzantine settlements in southern Crimea, a tudun would be appointed for a town nominally within another polity's sphere of influence.

Subsequently the Byzantines occupied the southern Crimea.

He also brought the southern Crimea under Turkish control for a brief period as a result of a raid against the Black Sea port of Sudak.

Hyles nicaea orientalis (southern Crimea and western Transcaucasia)

Cut off and surrounded, Sviatoslav came to terms with John and agreed to abandon the Balkans, renounce his claims to the southern Crimea, and return west of the Dnieper River.

It should not be confused with the Tauric Chersonese, the name often applied to the whole of the southern Crimea along with Taurica.