Does Illustrator have an equivalent to Photoshop's rectangular marquee selection tool?

I am trying to select just a piece of an image in an Illustrator file to copy and re-scale, but I can't find the equivalent to Photoshop's rectangular marquee selection tool. Is there such a tool? Otherwise, I guess I can make the edits in photoshop and place in illustrator. Thanks!

Vector programmes ≇ Raster programmes
There are workarounds, but if you want to do yourself a favour, just do it in Photoshop or another Raster application.

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